Ransomware victim disclosure

valveworksusa.com

Claimed by blackbasta · listed 1 year ago

905 GB

Data size

17m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Dec 18, 2024
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: blackbasta
Status: Data leaked
Country: United States
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Dec 18, 2024
Data size: 905 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Valveworks USA is a privately-held manufacturer of gate valves and wellhead equipment for the oil and gas industry, based in Bossier City, Louisiana. Founded in 1993, the company has over 25 years of experience and positions itself as a leading producer in its sector.

Industry: Oil & Gas Equipment Manufacturing
Address: 1650 Swan Lake Road, Bossier City, LA 71111, United States
Founded: 1993

Attack summary

Severity: high — Confirmed exfiltration of significant business data (905 GB) including financial, HR, and proprietary engineering/CAD files critical to oil & gas manufacturing operations. Published data increases impact.

Black Basta claims to have exfiltrated approximately 905 GB of data from Valveworks USA, including financial records, personal data, human resources documents, and engineering/CAD drawings. The group has published the data.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Financial data
Personal data
Human Resources documents
Engineering drawings and CAD files

What the group claims

Valveworks USA is a privately-held company based in Bossier City, Louisiana, founded in 1993 by Rick Roberts. With over 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, Valveworks specializes in manufacturing gate valves and wellhead equipment, establishing itself as a leading producer in this sector.SITE: www.valveworksusa.com Address : 1650 Swan Lake Road Bossier City, LA 71111 United StatesTEL#: 318-425-0266ALL DATA SIZE: ≈905gb+ 1. Financial data 2. Personal data 3. Human Resources, personal docs 4. Drawings, Engeneering, CAD & etc…

Sources

Victim sitevalveworksusa.com
Leak posthttp://stniiomyjliimcgkvdszvgen3eaaoz55hreqqx6o77yvmpwt7gklffqd.onion/?id=valveworksusa.com

Source

Indexed 1 year ago

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Disclosure context

About blackbasta

Black Basta is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in April 2022 and has rapidly established itself as a significant threat actor, compromising over 500 organizations globally within its first two years of operation. The group is suspected to have ties to Russia-based cybercriminal networks and operates as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, recruiting affiliates to conduct attacks while the core group maintains the ransomware infrastructure and negotiates with victims. Black Basta primarily gains initial access through phishing campaigns, exploitation of unpatched vulnerabilities, and compromised Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) credentials, then deploys custom tools and living-off-the-land techniques to move laterally through networks before deploying their ransomware payload that uses ChaCha20 encryption. The group employs double extortion tactics, stealing sensitive data before encryption and threatening to publish it on their leak site if ransom demands are not met. Notable campaigns include attacks on major manufacturing companies, healthcare organizations, and critical infrastructure entities primarily across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, and Italy, with the group showing particular focus on business services, manufacturing, technology, agriculture and food production, and transportation/logistics sectors. As of 2024, Black Basta remains active and continues to evolve its tactics, techniques, and procedures while maintaining a steady pace of victim recruitment and ransom collection operations. The group has been linked to 523 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 26, 2022; most recent post January 11, 2025. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

December 18, 2024valveworksusa.com listed by blackbastaon the group's public leak site

Data size: 905 GB

Other recent disclosures by blackbasta

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