Ransomware victim disclosure
← All victimsH&H WSTG Wirtschafts- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH
listed as Wstg-steuerberater.de · Claimed by Cloak · listed 9 months ago
Status timeline
- Listed
Aug 9, 2025
- Data leaked
At a glance
- Group
- Cloak
- Status
- Data leaked
- Country
- Germany
- Sector
- Business Services
- Listed on leak site
- Aug 9, 2025
About the victim
AI dossier — public-source company profileH&H WSTG is a mid-market tax advisory and accounting firm based in the Rhine-Ruhr region and Bergisches Land area of Germany. Founded over 30 years ago by Frank Hoffmann (tax consultant) and Stephan Hofmann (office manager), the firm serves primarily mid-sized industrial, retail, manufacturing, and professional service clients with tax consulting and commercial accounting services.
- Industry
- Tax Advisory & Accounting Services
Attack summary
Severity: medium — Tax advisory firm likely processes sensitive financial and personal information for mid-sized business clients. Data disclosure confirmed ('data_published' status) but no proof files quantified, no ransom stated, and no specific data inventory claimed by the group. Moderate sensitivity due to financial/tax data exposure at scale.The Cloak ransomware group claims to have compromised H&H WSTG and published data. The group's post does not specify the nature of the compromise (encryption, exfiltration, or both) or describe specific data categories at stake.
Data the group says was taken
AI dossier — extracted from the leak post- Client tax records
- Financial statements
- Accounting documents
- Client personal/business information
What the group claims
Seit über dreißig Jahren betreuen Frank Hoffmann und Stephan Hofmann zuverlässig Mandanten an Rhein und Ruhr und aus dem Bergischen Land.
Sources
- Victim siteWstg-steuerberater.de
Source
Indexed 9 months agoThis page surfaces a public ransomware disclosure indexed by Darkfield. Original posts come from the operator's own leak site; we cross-check against ransomware.live, RansomLook and RansomWatch where applicable. Share this URL freely.
