Was dd-automation.ch hit by ransomware?

dd-automation.ch was listed by the safepay ransomware operation (Czech Republic), 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 safepay ransomware group?

safepay 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 dd-automation.ch breach?

safepay published data attributed to dd-automation.ch. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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DD Automation GmbH

listed as dd-automation.ch · Claimed by Safepay · listed 12 hours ago

Today

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedOct 5, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Safepay
Status: Data leaked
Country: Czech Republic
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Oct 5, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

DD Automation GmbH is a Swiss industrial automation company founded in 1997 and based in Aesch. The company specializes in electrical engineering, automation systems, conveyor technology, robotics, and modernization of industrial installations, serving manufacturing customers with control systems, PLC software, and technical support.

Industry: Industrial Automation & Electrical Engineering
Address: Aesch, Canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
Founded: 1997

Attack summary

Severity: low — Post contains only listing and company description with no proof files, screenshots, or specific data inventory disclosed. No operational impact or confirmed data compromise details are stated.

The SafePay group claims to have compromised DD Automation GmbH. No specific details on data exfiltration, encryption, or retained data are provided in the leak post.

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What the group claims

The company was entered into the Swiss commercial register in 1997 and specializes in electrical engineering, automation systems, conveyor technology, …

The leak post

captured from the group's site

DD Automation GmbH is a Swiss industrial automation company headquartered in Aesch, Canton of Basel-Landschaft.
The company was entered into the Swiss commercial register in 1997 and specializes in electrical engineering, automation systems, conveyor technology, robotics and modernization of existing industrial installations. Its registered corporate purpose includes maintenance of electrical control systems, maintenance and optimization of PLC programs, control-system extensions, software development, new automation projects and on-call technical services.
The company's practical activities cover the complete electrical and automation requirements of industrial customers. DD Automation develops and installs control systems for automatic conveyor systems, storage and retrieval machines, pallet lifts, roll-container lifts, transfer carriages, robots and specialized transport systems. Its services include electrical planning, preparation of electrical schematics, control-cabinet construction, installation, PLC software development, material-flow visualization, commissioning, maintenance and technical support.
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Sources

Victim sitedd-automation.ch
Leak posthttp://safepaypfxntwixwjrlcscft433ggemlhgkkdupi2ynhtcmvdgubmoyd.onion/blog/post/dd-automationch/

Source

Indexed 12 hours ago

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Disclosure context

About safepay

The Safepay ransomware group is a newly emerged threat actor first observed in November 2024, demonstrating rapid operational scale with 444 documented victims in a short timeframe, indicating financially motivated cybercriminal activity. Due to the group's recent emergence, publicly documented information about their country of origin, affiliations, and operational model remains limited among established threat intelligence sources. Given the recency of their appearance and lack of detailed technical analysis from major security firms, their specific attack methodologies, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been comprehensively documented in public threat intelligence reporting. The group has demonstrated a broad targeting approach across multiple sectors including manufacturing, technology, education, and healthcare, with primary focus on victims in the United States, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, though no specific high-profile campaigns or notable incidents have been publicly attributed to them by major security vendors or law enforcement agencies. As of the latest available intelligence, Safepay appears to remain active, though comprehensive threat profiling is limited due to the group's recent emergence and the current lack of detailed technical analysis from established cybersecurity research organizations. The group has been linked to 872 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 19, 2024; most recent post October 6, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

October 5, 2026dd-automation.ch listed by safepay on the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by safepay

safepay has been linked to 872 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 Technology sector, which has 3,581 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, dd-automation.ch is reported in Czech Republic, a country with 16 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by safepay means dd-automation.ch 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.
Monitor for the data appearing on safepay'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.