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Space Bears ransomware claims Comcast data theft through Quasar breach

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By WAQAS

Space Bears ransomware group is claiming that it obtained internal Comcast material by exploiting a breach at Quasar Inc., a telecommunications engineering contractor based in Georgia.

The claims were published on the group’s dark web leak site. The same leak site also lists Quasar as an independent victim, which indicates the group is presenting two connected incidents rather than a single combined breach.

Space Bears appeared in April 2024. Analysts describe the group as a data theft and extortion operation that sometimes applies encryption but often focuses on obtaining sensitive files, removing them from victim networks and demanding payment to suppress publication.

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