This record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the
medusa group against
The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. 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 GAP
Window 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.
-74days
t1 · Published
t2 · Disclosed
Business Category
Public Sector
Published
January 14, 2025
Disclosed / Notified
Nov 02, 2024
Attack Summary
The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It includes Gateshead, Rowlands Gill, Whickham, Blaydon, Ryton, Felling, Birtley, Pelaw, Dunston and Low Fell. The borough forms part of the Tyneside conurbation, centred on Newcastle upon Tyne. At the 2021 census, the borough had a population of 196154. Gateshead Council office is located in 12 Gladstone Ter, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8 4DY, United Kingdom and has 684 employees.
Leak Screenshots
SAMPLE
Proof-of-breach screenshots the operator posted from the stolen data. Previews are
redacted and locked — the originals are available on HaveIBeenRansom.
Dark Web Exposure
Findings for gateshead.gov.uk
— indexed by HaveIBeenRansom.
80
found in Infostealer logs
2,910+
found in Traditional breaches
90+
found in Ransomware leaks
VerificationsIO_BF.7z.011
Kedr | Forum · breach
••• emails
pureincubation-com.7z.001
Database World ROC · breach
••• emails
Apollo.io DB 816millions.rar
Database World ROC · breach
••• emails
@BreachedData1 LinkedIn 2021-23 Cleaned.7z.001
Database World ROC · breach
••• emails
Cit0day [cit0day.in] breaches.csv
LKnet reserve chat · breach
••• emails
SevenRooms_BF.7z
B F R e p o V 3 F i l e s · breach
••• emails
Exploit.in.rar
LKnet reserve chat · breach
••• emails
AntiPublic_BF.7z
B F R e p o V 3 F i l e s · breach
••• emails
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