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Breach Record

CSC

DISCLOSED 2025-10-01 · RANSOMWARE · RANSOMWARE

CSC, a corporate registered agent and compliance services firm, disclosed a data breach exposing Social Security numbers. Ransomware group CL0P claimed responsibility for an October 2025 dark web leak. The breach was reported to the Vermont Attorney General.

The record

What we know

Disclosed
2025-10-01
Attack vector
Ransomware
Sector
corporate registered agent and compliance services
Country
US
Data classes exposed
Social Security numbers
RANSOMWARE
ColdRecon assessment

Could a positive-security control have prevented this?

Verdict · unclear · opinion

The text does not specify how CL0P gained access, so it is unclear whether a positive-security model would have prevented this breach.

Our assessments are opinion, grounded in the cited public facts. Read them critically.

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