VERTEL
spacebearsThis record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the spacebears group against VERTEL. It collects the publicly disclosed attack details — sector, location and timeline — as published on the operator's leak site and indexed by Breach House.
Window Zero
EXPOSURE GAPWindow Zero is the time the breach stayed in the open before anyone said so — the gap between when the attack was first discovered on the operator's leak site (t1) and when it was publicly disclosed (t2). The wider this window, the longer victims, staff and customers were exposed with no warning.
Attack Summary
We have come from humble beginnings as an operator of communication sites and two-way radio networks. As one of Australia’s first true ‘managed services’ providers, we started our corporate life serving demanding government and enterprise organisations.Vertel is an Australian-owned and operated telecommunications carrier and ICT managed services provider with a vision to enable smarter, healthier and safer Australian communities through excellence in innovation, delivery and support of our services.Headquartered in Sydney with an Australia-wide service delivery capability, Vertel has supported Australian government and corporate sector clients for more than 50 years.Vertel was originally one of Australia’s market-leading managed radio services providers. We pivoted to become a market leader in the provision of high-capacity, highly reliable wireless and hybrid fibre telecommunications services (including, more recently, nbn) with a focus on meeting critical communications needs for customers, particularly in rural and remote Australia.Vertel’s service offerings provide a complementary range of network-centric managed services. These include cloud services (IaaS), software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) and managed router services (MRS), managed networks (WAN and LAN), managed voice and security services.As network services experts with a focus on the end-to-end performance of customer services, Vertel excels in responsive 24x7 service and support for our growing base of customers whether in rural and remote regions or in metropolitan areas.As both a carrier and a managed services provider, we provide flexible, responsive and adaptable insights into critical networking and cloud services issues confronting businesses today.- Database, SQL- Personal information of clients- Financial documents https://vertel.com.au/
Leak Screenshots
SAMPLEProof-of-breach screenshots the operator posted from the stolen data. Previews are redacted and locked — the originals are available on HaveIBeenRansom.