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	"title": "MAZE Claims Ransomware Attack on US Egg Supplier",
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	"plain_text": "MAZE Claims Ransomware Attack on US Egg Supplier\r\nBy Sarah Coble\r\nPublished: 2020-05-07 · Archived: 2026-04-05 12:34:31 UTC\r\nThe threat group MAZE has published what it claims is data stolen from a Minnesota egg supplier during a\r\nransomware attack.\r\nOn their website mazenews.top, the threat group lists Sparboe Companies among a growing number of\r\norganizations it claims to have targeted recently.    \r\nAccording to MAZE, egg producer and supplier Sparboe was cracked into on May 1, 2020. As proof of the attack,\r\nthe threat group has shared a zip file of data it claims was exfiltrated from Sparboe's systems. \r\nThe zip file contains 17 folders of what appears to be information on current and former employees, nest-run\r\ninventory, expense report, injury reports, dock schedules, and other data.\r\nIn what could be an ominous indicator of how much data has allegedly been swiped from the company, the zip file\r\nis named simply \"part1.\"\r\n\"It’s impossible to say exactly what data may have been obtained in these incidents,\" commented Emsisoft's Brett\r\nCallow. \"The initial data dump is typically simply a warning shot—or the equivalent of a kidnapper sending a\r\npinky finger.\" \r\nSparboe Companies did not confirm or deny the alleged ransomware attack by MAZE and is yet to respond to a\r\nrequest for comment.  \r\nThe business was hatched in 1954 by Bob Sparboe in central Minnesota as a chick distribution company. The\r\ncompany grew to become the fifth largest supplier of eggs in the United States in the early 2010s. \r\nSparboe's reputation was tarnished in November 2011 when an animal rights group published a video of\r\nconditions in hen housing owned by the company. Footage shot in Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado depicted\r\ncrowded cages sadly common in the industry and also incidences of animal cruelty.\r\nOne worker was seen pressing down on a chick's neck until it broke while another was captured swinging a\r\nchicken about by a rope or chain. \r\nConfronted with the video, a Sparboe spokesperson said: \"Acts depicted in the footage are totally unacceptable\r\nand completely at odds with our values as egg farmers.\" Nevertheless, the company was dropped as a supplier by\r\nMcDonald's, Target Corp., Lund's, Byerly's, and other major grocery chains.\r\nSource: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/maze-claims-ransomware-attack-on-us/\r\nhttps://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/maze-claims-ransomware-attack-on-us/\r\nPage 1 of 1",
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