high severity February 19, 2024 · 3 min read Unverified claim — what this is

soco.be Listed by lockbit3 Ransomware Group

If you are a customer of soco.be, here’s what is being claimed, and what it would mean for you.

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— from LockBit’s own leak-site posting. This is the group’s claim, quoted verbatim; it is not GalaxyWarden’s reporting and has not been independently verified.

soco.be Listed by lockbit3 Ransomware Group

On February 19, 2024, Belgian used-car dealer soco.be appeared on the LockBit 3.0 leak site, claiming that the company suffered a ransomware attack in which attackers exfiltrated internal files before encrypting systems.

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Details in the Leak-Site Listing

The LockBit 3.0 panel states that internal files were taken during the ransomware incident. The listing does not disclose the number of records affected, the exact date of initial compromise, or the specific types of documents stolen. It simply lists soco.be as a victim and displays a partial sample of the allegedly exfiltrated material. The disclosure indicates the data was obtained through a classic ransomware deployment rather than a simple data-theft operation. No ransom amount or payment deadline is shown in the public portion of the listing.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

When a local business like a car dealership is hit, the information exposed is rarely limited to corporate spreadsheets. Customer contracts, identity documents submitted for financing, contact details, and payment records often sit in the same shared folders that ransomware groups target. If your name, address, phone number, email, or national identification number was provided to soco.be during a vehicle purchase or service visit, those details may now sit in an attacker-controlled archive. Internal files exfiltrated in such attacks frequently contain enough personal data to enable identity theft, loan fraud, or targeted phishing campaigns against you and members of your household.

The Doxxing and Identity-Chain Risk

Ransomware operators do not always publish every file they steal. They often keep the most sensitive material for targeted extortion or sell it quietly on underground forums. A single leaked email or phone number from the soco.be breach can be combined with data from earlier breaches to build a complete profile. Attackers chain these records across dozens of platforms, linking gaming usernames, social-media handles, and family addresses. This is exactly how doxxing campaigns begin: one seemingly minor dealership breach supplies the missing piece that unmasks someone’s real-world identity and puts their entire digital life at risk.

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Attributed to LockBit · 3412 incidents tracked →

Severity High the filing does not enumerate what was exposed

Disclosed February 19, 2024

Last reviewed August 8, 2026

Affected Unconfirmed

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Unverified claim — what this report is

This page documents a public listing on a ransomware/extortion group’s leak site, tracked via public threat-intelligence sources. A listing is the attacker’s claim. GalaxyWarden aggregates and reports such claims; we have not independently verified that a breach occurred, what data (if any) was taken, or the accuracy of anything the group asserts, and the named organisation has not necessarily confirmed the incident. Sections above describe what the listing shows and the group’s documented history — not verified findings about the named organisation. If you represent this organisation and believe anything here is inaccurate, tell us and we’ll review it promptly.

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