Caterpillar
About the organisation
[AI generated] Caterpillar Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. Operating in over 190 countries, Caterpillar serves industries including construction, mining, energy, and transportation through its equipment, financial services, and aftermarket parts divisions.
What the listing means
Caterpillar appeared on the coinbasecartel leak site on 20 July 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated. This group has published 4 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.
Recommended actions
- Treat any unsolicited message referencing Caterpillar as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
- If you hold an account on caterpillar.com, change that password now, update it anywhere you reused it, and enable two-factor authentication.
- Other Manufacturing organisations should review this group's known TTPs and validate detection coverage against them.
- Watch for follow-on extortion: stolen data is often re-leaked or resold after the initial listing.
- A leak-site listing is a claim made by the attacker, not a confirmed breach — check the organisation's own disclosures before acting on it.
Leak-site evidence
Listing URL https://www.ransomware.live/id/Q2F0ZXJwaWxsYXJAY29pbmJhc2VjYXJ0ZWw=
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Captured from the group's extortion site. It may contain the victim's data or the attacker's messaging.
