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Kreishandwerkerschaft Borken

Claimed by Rhysida · listed 2 hours ago

1.31 TB
Data size
1,382,523 files records
Today
Age
since listed · listed for ransom

Status timeline

  1. ListedSep 20, 2026

Current state: Listed for ransom

At a glance

Group
Rhysida
Status
Listed for ransom
Country
Germany
Sector
Trade Association / Craft Enterprises
Listed on leak site
Sep 20, 2026
Data size
1.31 TB
Records
1,382,523 files

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Kreishandwerkerschaft Borken is the official trade association and advocacy organization representing local craft enterprises (Handwerksbetriebe) in the Borken district of Germany. It serves as the collective voice and administrative body for artisan and skilled trades businesses in the region.

Industry
Trade Association / Craft Enterprises
Address
Borken district, Germany

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Confirmed exfiltration of regulated sensitive data at scale: health information with diagnoses and disability classifications (German medical data protection), full employee PII (SSN-equivalent, IBANs, tax IDs), member financial data, and infrastructure credentials. Health and financial data of this scope and sensitivity triggers critical classification under GDPR and German data protection law.

Rhysida claims to have exfiltrated 1.31 TB (1,382,523 files) from Kreishandwerkerschaft Borken, including health data with disability classifications and medical diagnoses, employee payroll records with tax IDs and bank account details, member financial information, credit checks, and full mail/database backups with infrastructure credentials (2FA secrets, S-FIRM code). The group is attempting to auction this data exclusively.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post
  • Health data (disability lists, GdB medical rulings with diagnoses)
  • Sick leave and absence records
  • Payslips with tax IDs and social-security numbers
  • Staff rosters
  • Signed employment contracts and terminations with CVs
  • Member and creditor IBANs
  • SCHUFA credit checks and court enforcement orders
  • Exchange mail and SQL database backups
  • 2FA secrets and S-FIRM infrastructure codes

What the group claims

The official trade association and advocacy organization representing local craft enterprises (Handwerksbetriebe) in the Borken district of Germany.

The leak post

captured from the group's site
The Kreishandwerkerschaft Borken is the official trade association and advocacy organization representing local craft enterprises (Handwerksbetriebe) in the Borken district of Germany.1,382,523 files, 1.31 TBhealth data (disability lists with ID numbers, GdB medical ruling with diagnosis)sick leave, absence records, pension ruling2026 payslip (tax ID, social-security no., IBAN) and staff rostersigned contracts/terminations, CV with religionmember and creditor IBANsSCHUFA credit checks, court enforcement order, debtor affidavitMail and databases in full (Exchange, PST, SQL backups) + access/infrastructure slide (2FA secrets, S-FIRM code)
With just 7 days on the clock, seize the opportunity to bid on exclusive, unique, and impressive data. Open your wallets and be ready to buy exclusive data. We sell only to one hand, no reselling, you will be the only owner!
MPA Pharma GmbH is an internationally active, rapidly growing company specializing in the import and trade of high-quality pharmaceuticals, including both patented and generic products. 2,899,290 files, ~5.8 TBPharmaceutical companyCategories: accounting records and database backups, government audits (customs / corporate tax / …

Data the group says was taken

  • health data
  • disability lists with ID numbers
  • GdB medical ruling with diagnosis
  • sick leave records
  • absence records
  • pension ruling
  • payslips
  • tax IDs
  • social security numbers
  • IBANs
  • staff rosters
  • signed contracts
  • CVs with religion
  • member and creditor IBANs
  • SCHUFA credit checks
  • court enforcement orders
  • debtor affidavits
  • mail archives
  • Exchange backups
  • PST backups
  • SQL backups
  • 2FA secrets
  • S-FIRM code

Screenshot of the leak post

Leak screenshot for Kreishandwerkerschaft Borken

Sources

Source

Indexed 2 hours ago

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Disclosure context

About Rhysida

Rhysida is a ransomware group that emerged in June 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations through targeted attacks against critical infrastructure and public sector organizations. The group's origin and potential state affiliations remain unclear, though they operate independently rather than as a traditional Ransomware-as-a-Service model, with limited public documentation regarding connections to other cybercriminal organizations. Rhysida employs double extortion tactics, typically gaining initial access through compromised VPN credentials and exploiting vulnerable public-facing applications before deploying their ransomware payload and exfiltrating sensitive data prior to encryption. The group has demonstrated a particular focus on healthcare and educational institutions, with notable attacks documented by CISA and FBI advisories highlighting their targeting of hospitals and school districts across multiple countries, resulting in significant operational disruptions to critical services. As of late 2024, Rhysida remains an active threat with continued operations targeting organizations primarily in the United States, Canada, and other Western nations, maintaining their focus on high-value sectors where operational disruption can maximize ransom payment likelihood. The group has been linked to 336 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on June 5, 2023; most recent post September 20, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

  • September 20, 2026Kreishandwerkerschaft Borken listed by Rhysida on the group's public leak site
Data size
1.31 TB
Records
1,382,523 files

Other recent disclosures by Rhysida

Rhysida has been linked to 336 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

See the full Rhysida dossier →

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Trade Association / Craft Enterprises sector. Geographically, Kreishandwerkerschaft Borken is reported in Germany, a country with 393 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Rhysida means Kreishandwerkerschaft Borken appeared on a ransomware extortion site and is being pressured to pay before any publication. 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 Rhysida'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.