Was lke-group.com hit by ransomware?

lke-group.com was listed by the INC Ransom 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 INC Ransom ransomware group?

INC Ransom 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 lke-group.com breach?

INC Ransom published data attributed to lke-group.com. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

Ransomware victim disclosure

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LKE Gesellschaft für Logistik- und Kommunikationsequipment mbH

listed as lke-group.com · Claimed by INC Ransom · listed 3 months ago

$30.4M

Ransom

demanded

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedMar 1, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: INC Ransom
Status: Data leaked
Country: Germany
Listed on leak site: Mar 1, 2026
Ransom demanded: $30.4M
Estimated revenue: $30.4M

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

LKE Group (LKE Gesellschaft für Logistik- und Kommunikationsequipment mbH) is a German manufacturer headquartered in Marl, Germany, specialising in transport and handling equipment for intralogistics, postal logistics, and distribution logistics. Their product portfolio includes roll containers, platform trolleys, tugger train systems, powered transport carts, and custom transport solutions for industries including manufacturing, logistics, postal services, and retail. The company positions itself as a one-stop shop for material handling solutions with extensive configuration and consulting capabilities.

Industry: Intralogistics & Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing
Address: Weserstr. 2, 45768 Marl, Germany
Employees: 500

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published by the threat actor, confirming exfiltration of significant business data from a mid-sized industrial manufacturer with ~500 employees. While no regulated personal data at scale (e.g. medical or government) is explicitly confirmed, published exfiltration from an engineering and manufacturing firm with a $30.4M ransom demand represents a high-severity incident with material business and potentially IP exposure.

INC Ransom claims to have attacked LKE Group and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), indicating exfiltration of company data. No specific data volume was stated, but the ransom demand was listed at $30.4 million.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Business operational data
Employee records
Financial records
Customer and partner information
Engineering and design data

What the group claims

LKE Group creates custom transport equipment for businesses across different industries. They design and build specialized gear that helps companies move materials, products, and goods more efficiently. From warehouse systems to industrial transport devices, LKE makes machines that solve real moving and handling challenges for factories, logistics centers, and manufacturing plants. Employees: 500 Revenue: $30.4 Million Industry: Architecture, Engineering & Design Phone Number: +49 23650000000

Sources

Victim sitelke-group.com

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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Disclosure context

About INC Ransom

INC Ransom is a financially motivated ransomware group that emerged in September 2021 and has since compromised 832 known victims across multiple sectors. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain undocumented in public threat intelligence reports, though their operational patterns suggest they likely operate as an independent entity rather than a formal Ransomware-as-a-Service model. While detailed attack methodologies for INC Ransom have not been extensively documented by major security firms, their victim distribution indicates they employ broad-spectrum targeting approaches that have successfully penetrated healthcare, technology, business services, and manufacturing organizations. The group demonstrates a preference for targeting English-speaking countries, with the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom representing their primary victim demographics, alongside significant activity in Germany and Australia. Notable campaigns or high-profile attacks by INC Ransom have not been prominently featured in major threat intelligence publications from CISA, FBI, or leading security researchers, suggesting they may operate with a lower public profile despite their substantial victim count. INC Ransom remains active as of current intelligence assessments, with no documented law enforcement disruptions or confirmed rebranding efforts. The group has been linked to 853 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2021; most recent post June 6, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: INC.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 1, 2026lke-group.com listed by INC Ransomon the group's public leak site

Ransom demanded: $30.4M

Other recent disclosures by INC Ransom

INC Ransom has been linked to 853 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

Geographically, lke-group.com is reported in Germany, a country with 695 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by INC Ransom means lke-group.com 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 INC Ransom'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.