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URBAN ONE, INC.

bd_fb3b1b121e13c3d3 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Feb 25, 2025

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 records

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Cactus on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: TechnologyDiscovered: 2025-03-12
View aggregator listing on ransomware.liveView merged incident timeline

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

<p>Broadcasting.<\/p><p>“Urban One, Inc. is a publicly traded media company that primarily serves African American audiences. Founded in 1980 by Cathy Hughes, Urban One is the largest African American-owned and operated broadcast company in the United States.”<\/p><p>Website: https://urban1.com/<\/p><p>Revenue : $460.3M<\/p><p>Address: 1010 Wayne Ave Fl 14, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States<\/p><p>Phone Number: ([REDACTED-PHONE]<\/p><p><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>Download link #1:<\/strong><\/mark> <a href="https://6wuivqgrv2g7brcwhjw5co3vligiqowpumzkcyebku7i2busrvlxnzid.onion/URBAN1/PROOF/">https://6wuivqgrv2g7brcwhjw5co3vligiqowpumzkcyebku7i2busrvlxnzid.onion/URBAN1/PROOF/<\/a><\/p><p><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>Mirror:<\/strong><\/mark> <a href="https://cactus5dqnqkppa5ayckiyk6dttpqwczdqphv5mxh4dkk5ct544q5aad.onion/URBAN1/PROOF/">https://cactus5dqnqkppa5ayckiyk6dttpqwczdqphv5mxh4dkk5ct544q5aad.onion/URBAN1/PROOF/<\/a><\/p><p><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>DATA DESCRIPTIONS:<\/strong><\/mark> Personal identifiable information, database backups, corporate internal documents, contracts, agreements, financial data\payroll, legal documents, employees and executives personal data, corporate confidential and personal correspondence, etc.<\/p><p><img src="/uploads/C_Hughes_93f9a363fa.png" alt="C. Hughes.png"><img src="/uploads/May_23_2023_Executive_Committee_Meeting_Minutes_Draft_17b95a22d9.png" alt="May 23 2023 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes (Draft).png"><img src="/uploads/Radio_One_Lease_5303_G2_Glenmont_final_80581afe89.png" alt="Radio One Lease 5303 G2 Glenmont final.png"><img src="/uploads/Copy_of_working_OAR_2023_Q1_Consolidated_Income_Statement_0f9ae862c4.png" alt="Copy of working_OAR 2023.Q1 Consolidated Income Statement.png"><img src="/uploads/Ashanti_at_The_Met_Philadelphia_2024_05_19_Contract_104353_Rider_FINAL_69_1_dc0fce44dd.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Feb 25, 2025

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

This record's own dates cannot anchor compliance clocks; see the linked filings.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

This leak-site claim is one of 5 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Press reports (1)

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGApr 18 · first
Indiana State AG+255d
New Hampshire State AG+256d

Pattern: first filing Apr 18 (MA), last Dec 30 (NH) — a 256-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2023-07-03

cactus

According to ransomware.live, The CACTUS ransomware is said to have emerged around March 2023. The group became known for exploiting vulnerabilities to gain initial access and maintain a presence within the organization's infrastructure. There is little known information about the ransomware group, except that it emerged on the mentioned date and, following encryption, a text file named 'cAcTuS.readme.txt' would be created. Additionally, encrypted files were altered to the '.cts1' extension, and data exfiltration and victim extortion were conducted through the use of the service known as Tox. Source: https://github.com/crocodyli/ThreatActors-TTPs

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