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Verdugo Hills Dental Group

bd_fc9a52a85d662a94 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Oct 31, 2025

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Verdugo Hills Dental Group

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Alphalocker 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: HealthcareDiscovered: 2025-10-31

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

At Verdugo Hills Dental in Glendale, CA, our experienced team is committed to more than just dentistry—we’re here to ensure your comfort and overall well-being every step of the way. From routine check-ups to advanced restorative treatments, we deliver comprehensive care with a gentle touch, alw... Read more ⇒

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Oct 31, 2025

Claim posted

No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Unverified claimView incident

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.

No regulatory filing corroborates this yet — it is the attacker's own assertion. Watch this entity to be notified the moment a filing corroborates or contradicts it.

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 2024-01-24

alphalocker

According to ransomware.live, AlphaLocker is a low-cost ransomware operation built on the EDA2 open-source project that sells affiliates an admin panel, ransomware executable, and decryption key generator, lowering the barrier for entry-level cybercriminals using double-extortion tactics.

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