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Colt Support Platforms Remain Offline as WarLock Actor Offers One Million Stolen Documents for $200K

Colt’s support services outage follows exploitation of a Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability that analysts say enabled persistent webshell access.

WarLock Ransomware group Claims Breach at Colt Telecom and Hitachi
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Overview

  • Hosting, porting, Colt Online and the Voice API have been down since August 12 with no estimated time for restoration.
  • A user claiming affiliation with WarLock ransomware is selling roughly one million Colt files for $200,000 and has released about 400,000 documents as proof.
  • Researcher Kevin Beaumont traced the breach to CVE-2025-53770 in Microsoft SharePoint and noted pre-attack scanning and possible webshell implants.
  • Colt maintains its core network infrastructure was unaffected, has notified authorities and engaged external cyber experts, but has withheld detailed technical findings.
  • Customers are resorting to email and phone support channels as the investigation continues and affected platforms stay offline.