Was Firmengruppe Hoffmann hit by ransomware?

Firmengruppe Hoffmann was listed by the Spacebears 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 Spacebears ransomware group?

Spacebears 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 Firmengruppe Hoffmann breach?

Spacebears published data attributed to Firmengruppe Hoffmann. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Firmengruppe Hoffmann

Claimed by Spacebears · listed 7 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedDec 30, 2025
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Spacebears
Status: Data leaked
Country: Germany
Listed on leak site: Dec 30, 2025

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Firmengruppe Hoffmann is a German group of companies active since 2003 in the sectors of transport and recycling, earthworks and demolition, ready-mix concrete, and construction machinery services. The group operates multiple subsidiaries including Hoffmann Transport & Recycling GmbH, Erdbau & Abbruch GmbH, and Hoffmann Baumaschinen GmbH, with locations in Bernau bei Berlin and Ladeburg. The company also provides container services, vehicle wrapping, and tyre/wheel retail.

Industry: Construction, Transport & Recycling Services
Address: Schönfelder Weg 31/71, 16321 Bernau bei Berlin, Germany
Founded: 2003

Attack summary

Severity: high — The disclosure status is 'data_published', meaning data has already been released publicly. The victim's own website confirms an IT security incident. While the specific data types are not enumerated in the leak post, data publication by a ransomware group for a mid-sized construction/transport company likely includes business, financial, and employee records. Absence of confirmed PII at scale or regulated data prevents a 'critical' rating.

The Spacebears ransomware group has listed Firmengruppe Hoffmann as a victim with a 'data_published' status, indicating data exfiltration and publication. The company's own website acknowledges an IT security incident and states that investigations and recovery measures are underway. Note: the group's leak post text appears to describe Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine rather than Firmengruppe Hoffmann, suggesting possible mislabelling or cross-contamination in the leak post.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Internal business data (inferred)
Operational/company records (inferred)

What the group claims

Since 2003, the Hoffmann Group from Bernau has been a reliable partner in the areas of transport and recycling, earthworks and demolition, as well as ready-mix concrete and waste wood processing, enabling its customers to obtain all services related to a construction project from a single source. In addition to maintenance and repair, the company also serves as a competent contact for the sale of construction machineryDatabaseFinancial documentsPersonal information of employees and clients https://www.firmengruppe-hoffmann.de/

The leak post

captured from the group's site

## Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (formerly known as Janssen Pharmaceuticals) is the pharmaceutical division of the American corporation Johnson & Johnson, specializing in the development and production of revolutionary medicines. The company focuses on creating treatments for the most complex diseases, transforming the future of healthcare.

Sources

Source

Indexed 7 months ago

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Disclosure context

About Spacebears

Spacebears is a recently emerged ransomware group first observed in April 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating a broad targeting approach across multiple sectors and geographic regions. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain unclear due to limited public documentation from established threat intelligence sources, though their targeting pattern suggests a professional operation focused on maximizing financial returns rather than geopolitical objectives. With 117 known victims since their emergence, Spacebears has shown particular focus on organizations in the United States, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Canada, with their attacks primarily affecting technology, healthcare, manufacturing, and business services sectors, indicating they likely employ opportunistic targeting rather than sector-specific specialization. Their attack methodology, initial access vectors, and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented in public reporting from major cybersecurity firms or law enforcement agencies, limiting detailed analysis of their operational procedures and tools. Due to the group's recent emergence and limited public intelligence reporting, notable high-profile campaigns and specific victim details remain largely undocumented in established threat intelligence channels. The group's current operational status appears active given their recent emergence timeline, though comprehensive analysis is constrained by the lack of detailed public reporting from authoritative cybersecurity sources. The group has been linked to 185 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 29, 2024; most recent post July 13, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: space bears.

Timeline of this disclosure

December 30, 2025Firmengruppe Hoffmann listed by Spacebearson the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Spacebears

Spacebears has been linked to 185 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

Geographically, Firmengruppe Hoffmann is reported in Germany, a country with 926 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Spacebears means Firmengruppe Hoffmann 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 Spacebears'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.