Disclosure context

About chaos

Based on the limited publicly available information, Chaos is a recently emerged ransomware group that was first observed in March 2025, appearing to be financially motivated given their ransom demands and targeting patterns. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, though their operational model and whether they operate as Ransomware-as-a-Service or as an independent entity has not been definitively established by security researchers. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities are not yet well-documented in public threat intelligence reports, though their targeting suggests they employ common initial access vectors to compromise victims across multiple sectors. Chaos has claimed 41 victims primarily concentrated in the United States, Germany, Poland, Malaysia, and Sweden, with a particular focus on technology companies, financial services, business services, and manufacturing sectors, though the scope and impact of their most significant attacks have not been widely publicized. The group currently appears to be active based on recent victim claims, though comprehensive analysis from major security firms regarding their long-term operational capabilities and potential law enforcement actions remains limited due to their recent emergence in the threat landscape. The group has been linked to 53 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 31, 2025; most recent post May 17, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

December 26, 2025VEPLASTIC listed by chaoson the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, VEPLASTIC is reported in Italy, a country with 496 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.

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VEPLASTIC

Claimed by chaos · listed 5 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Dec 26, 2025
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: chaos
Status: Data leaked
Country: Italy
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Dec 26, 2025

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

VEPLASTIC S.P.A. is an Italian manufacturer of plastic compounds, founded in the 1970s by the Vezzari family. The company produces polypropylene compounds (virgin and recycled PCR/PIR), HDPE compounds, and other regenerated plastic materials, serving manufacturers across Italy and Europe. Headquartered in Milan, it has grown from a small artisan operation into a reference player in the plastic materials market over more than 50 years.

Industry: Plastic Compounds & Recycled Plastics Manufacturing
Address: Piazza Degli Affari, 3 - 20123 Milano (MI), Italy
Founded: 1972

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published by the group, indicating confirmed exfiltration; however, no detail is provided on the scale, sensitivity, or nature of the data (e.g. PII, financial, operational), preventing a higher severity classification.

The Chaos ransomware group claims to have attacked VEPLASTIC and has published data (disclosed status: data_published). The leak post does not specify whether encryption, exfiltration, or both occurred, nor does it detail the volume or type of data exposed.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Undisclosed company data

What the group claims

Veplastic makes high-quality plastic compounds for manufacturers across Italy and Europe.

Sources

Source

Indexed 5 months ago

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