Was Finger Beton Unternehmensgruppe hit by ransomware?

Finger Beton Unternehmensgruppe was listed by the Meow ransomware operation (Germany), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the Meow ransomware group?

Meow is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the Finger Beton Unternehmensgruppe breach?

Meow published data attributed to Finger Beton Unternehmensgruppe (~350 GB). Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Finger Beton Unternehmensgruppe

Claimed by Meow · listed 2 years ago

350 GB

Data size

20m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedNov 9, 2024
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Meow
Status: Data leaked
Country: Germany
Sector: Business Services
Listed on leak site: Nov 9, 2024
Data size: 350 GB

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Finger Beton Unternehmensgruppe is a German manufacturer of precast concrete components for civil and industrial construction, with a 170-year legacy. Operating eight production facilities across Germany with approximately 300 employees, the company specializes in reinforced concrete pipes, shaft systems, rainwater management solutions, and customized structural elements compliant with DIN standards, serving domestic and international markets.

Industry: Precast Concrete Components & Civil Engineering
Employees: 300
Founded: 1854

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Confirmed exfiltration of 350 GB including regulated PII at scale (employee identification, passports, health records, financial records) and sensitive business data (contracts, financial documents, compliance materials). Data is published and actively being sold.

The Meow group claims to have exfiltrated 350 GB of confidential data from Finger Beton, including employee personal identification documents, client information, financial records, contracts, corporate/HR documents, legal compliance materials, and health/pension records. The group is offering this data for sale on a leak site.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Employee personal identification and passports
Birth certificates and disability certifications
Insurance documentation
Client contact details and project agreements
Commercial contracts and agreements
Financial documents (invoices, orders, bank statements)
Tax audit reports and credit reports
Internal correspondence
Government compliance notifications and audit letters
Health records and pension documentation

What the group claims

Dear customers!We are thrilled to offer exclusive access to over 350 GB of confidential data from Finger Beton Unternehmensgruppe, a German company with a 170 year legacy specializing in precast concrete components for civil and industrial construction. Known for its quality and innovation, Finger Beton provides essential products like reinforced concrete pipes, shaft systems, and customized structural elements tailored to project specifications. With products manufactured to meet DIN EN 1916 and DIN V 1201 standards, the company ensures long lasting, reliable solutions, including sustainable rainwater management systems.With eight production facilities across Germany and approximately 300 skilled employees, Finger Beton combines advanced production technology with rigorous quality and safety standards. Serving both domestic and international markets, the company is a trusted partner for complex construction projects, focusing on efficiency, flexibility, and eco friendly practices.This comprehensive data pack includes:Employee data personal identification, passports, birth certificates, disability certifications, insurance Client information contact details, project agreements Contracts and commercial agreements Financial documents invoices, orders, credit notes, bank statements, insurance notifications Corporate and HR documents tax audit reports, credit reports, internal correspondence Legal and government documents compliance notifications, audit letters Personal and medical records IDs, health records, pension documentation And much more These records provide a unique, in depth view into Finger Betons operations, valuable for professionals in construction, finance, business analysis, and related sectors.To access this exclusive 350 GB data pack, click the Buy button and provide your contact details for registration. Our team will ensure a secure and confidential transaction.Dont miss the opport

Sources

Victim sitefinger-beton.de
Leak posthttp://meow6xanhzfci2gbkn3lmbqq7xjjufskkdfocqdngt3ltvzgqpsg5mid.onion/product/125

Source

Indexed 2 years ago

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Disclosure context

About Meow

Meow is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in November 2023, primarily motivated by financial gain through extortion activities targeting organizations across multiple sectors. The group has compromised at least 145 known victims in a short operational timeframe, demonstrating rapid scaling of their criminal enterprise. Based on their targeting patterns, Meow appears to focus heavily on English-speaking countries, with the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada representing their primary victim base, though they have also expanded operations to include targets in Italy and Colombia. The group shows a preference for attacking business services organizations, manufacturing companies, healthcare institutions, and agriculture and food production entities, suggesting they may employ broad-spectrum targeting rather than highly specialized sector focus. Their emergence in late 2023 and the significant victim count achieved in a relatively short period indicates either a sophisticated operation with experienced operators or potential links to existing ransomware ecosystems, though specific details about their attack methodology, initial access vectors, encryption techniques, or data exfiltration practices have not been extensively documented by major threat intelligence sources. Given the recent timeline of their emergence and limited public reporting from established security researchers, detailed technical analysis of their tools, tactics, and procedures remains sparse. The group appears to remain active as of current reporting, though comprehensive law enforcement actions or major disruption efforts have not been publicly documented. The group has been linked to 145 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 24, 2023; most recent post November 19, 2024. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

November 9, 2024Finger Beton Unternehmensgruppe listed by Meowon the group's public leak site

Data size: 350 GB

Other recent disclosures by Meow

Meow has been linked to 145 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Business Services sector, which has 3,796 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Finger Beton Unternehmensgruppe is reported in Germany, a country with 926 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Meow means Finger Beton Unternehmensgruppe appeared on a ransomware extortion site and data attributed to it has been published. If this is your organisation, or a supplier you depend on, the priority is to confirm the intrusion and contain it before the window to act closes.

Engage your incident-response team and preserve forensic evidence before remediating — do not wipe affected systems first.
Force a password reset and revoke active sessions for exposed accounts; rotate any credentials, API keys or certificates that may have been in the stolen data.
Assess regulatory notification duties (GDPR, NIS2, sector regulators) — many carry a 72-hour reporting clock from awareness.
Report the incident to your national CERT, CERT-Bund (Germany), as required for your jurisdiction.
Monitor for the data appearing on Meow's leak site and across paste and breach channels, and brief downstream partners who may be exposed through you.

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.