Disclosure context

About payoutsking

PayoutsKing is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in July 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating broad geographic and sectoral targeting capabilities. With limited public documentation available from major threat intelligence sources, the group's origin and affiliations remain unclear, though their targeting pattern suggests a professional ransomware operation rather than opportunistic attacks. Based on available victim data, PayoutsKing has compromised approximately 60 organizations across multiple sectors, with primary focus on the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, France, and Spain, targeting manufacturing, healthcare, technology, and construction industries alongside various other sectors. The group's attack methodology, encryption techniques, and whether they employ double or triple extortion tactics have not been publicly detailed by established security researchers or government agencies. Given the group's recent emergence in July 2025, there are no widely reported major campaigns or high-profile incidents documented by reputable sources such as CISA, FBI, or Mandiant at this time. PayoutsKing appears to remain active as of current reporting, though comprehensive threat intelligence profiles from established security firms have not yet been published due to the group's recent emergence. The group has been linked to 100 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 7, 2025; most recent post May 13, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

April 30, 2026V. FRAAS listed by payoutskingon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Consumer Services sector, which has 396 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, V. FRAAS is reported in DE, a country with 333 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.

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V. FRAAS GmbH

listed as V. FRAAS · Claimed by payoutsking · listed 21 days ago

21d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Apr 30, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: payoutsking
Status: Data leaked
Country: DE
Sector: Consumer Services
Listed on leak site: Apr 30, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

V. FRAAS GmbH is a German textile manufacturer founded in 1880 by Valentin Fraas, headquartered in Helmbrechts, Bavaria. The company specialises in scarves, shawls, blankets, ponchos, hats, and gloves, operating brands including FRAAS, LOEVENICH, bugatti, and ShedRain. It serves both retail and wholesale markets globally and offers private-label manufacturing services.

Industry: Textile Manufacturing & Fashion Accessories
Address: Orter Str. 6, 95233 Helmbrechts, Bavaria, Germany
Founded: 1880

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published by the threat actor, confirming exfiltration rather than a mere listing. The company operates across retail and wholesale markets globally, meaning exposed data likely includes business-sensitive information, customer/partner records, and potentially employee PII, warranting a high severity rating.

The ransomware group 'payoutsking' claims to have attacked V. FRAAS GmbH and has published data ('data_published' status), indicating exfiltration of company data. No specific ransom demand or data volume was stated in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Corporate business data
Potentially customer and partner records
Potentially financial records
Potentially employee information

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

V. Fraas is a German textile manufacturer specializing in scarves, shawls, blankets, and accessories. Founded in 1880 and headquartered in Helmbrechts, Bavaria, Germany, the company is known for producing high-quality woven and knitted textiles. It operates in the fashion and home textile industry, serving both retail and wholesale markets globally. V. Fraas is recognized for its craftsmanship and broad range of seasonal accessories.

The leak post

captured from the group's site

PayoutsKing PayoutsKing Blog News About Partnership Welcome PK MAIN TOX: 535F403A2EA2DC71A392E18D7DB77FEF70845C0B7E5B9114CD30D301870304379C3547E324E2 Company Create Website Country Revenue Employees Actions Data Views Status H****l 2026-04-21 t****.com USA $786M ** Exfiltrated 860GB 0 Declared 1d 02:08 F****p 2026-04-14 fl****.com USA $2.7B ** Exfiltrated &amp; Encrypted 1.1TB 0 Declared 1d 02:08 H****o 2026-04-01 has****.com USA $TBD ** Exfiltrated &amp; Encrypted 4.8TB 0 Declared 1d 02:08 A****y 2026-03-31 ape****.com USA $309M ** Exfiltrated &amp; Encrypted 3TB 0 Declared 2d 00:04 NTN Bearing Corporation of America 2026-04-24 ntnamericas.com USA $1.5B 4700 Exfiltrated 596GB 420 Proof 6d 02:09 About company: NTN Bearing is a producer of ball and roller bearings, with plants around the globe and a strong, domestic manufacturing network. Data description: Confidential, Employees&#39; PII (Personally Identifiable Information), Correspondence, Financial, Engineering, Contracts, Agreements, NDA, FULL INFO SunSource 2026-04-20 sun-source.com USA $2B 3500 Exfiltrated 700GB 3401 Disclosed About company: SunSource is a distribution company, providing products, services, and information in…

Sources

Victim sitevfraas.com
Leak posthttp://payoutsgn7cy6uliwevdqspncjpfxpmzgirwl2au65la7rfs5x3qnbqd.onion/puEYjF-jgoNhC-VnCkb9-rMaMVE-XK5pAy

Source

Indexed 21 days ago

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