Was it-freitag.de hit by ransomware?

it-freitag.de was listed by the m3rx 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 m3rx ransomware group?

m3rx 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 it-freitag.de breach?

m3rx published data attributed to it-freitag.de. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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it-freitag.de

Claimed by M3Rx · listed 2 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedMay 3, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: M3Rx
Status: Data leaked
Country: Germany
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: May 3, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Freitag IT GmbH (it-freitag.de) is a German IT consulting and services firm operating since approximately 2002 (22 years of experience as stated on site, site notes 'since 2004'). The company provides IT strategy, consulting, support, operations, web application development, online shops, POS systems, and DATEV system maintenance. It is a small generalist IT services provider based in Germany, reachable at +49 30 35 53 39 60.

Industry: IT Consulting & Managed Services
Founded: 2002

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data is confirmed as published (exfiltration claimed), but no details on data type, volume, or sensitivity are provided in the post, and the victim is a small IT services SME with no indication of regulated or high-sensitivity data at scale.

The ransomware group m3rx claims to have stolen data from Freitag IT GmbH and has published it (disclosed status: data_published), though the leak post does not specify the volume or nature of the stolen data.

medium

What the group claims

+49 493526000000 . Freitag IT GmbH specializes in providing scalable and reliable IT solutions, including cloud computing, virtualization, and managed services. Their offerings cater to agile businesses, focusing on modern technologies such as hybrid multi-cloud architectures and machine learning. The company aims to enhance productivity and efficiency through tailored IT services, including remote management, security solutions, and unified communication systems. Their target clients include organizations seeking comprehensive IT support and innovative digital transformation solutions. Stolen: --

The leak post

captured from the group's site

If you are interested in this data, please contact our support.Tox: 9A1217BEDA4AB77052A25D17CB6FFB34AFA2BE462E607F2FD8E1DF1DDD4CA16A64E18B1A0BF2

Sources

Victim siteit-freitag.de
Leak posthttp://4k6plf4h2cm2nco6ae3inrsxnmqgl6lllmwefydhnlcq4tuhwbj4qpad.onion

Source

Indexed 2 months ago

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Disclosure context

About m3rx

Based on the limited publicly available information, m3rx is an emerging ransomware group first observed in April 2026 with a relatively small victim count of eight organizations, suggesting they are either a newly formed operation or a smaller-scale criminal enterprise focused on financial gain. The group's origin and affiliations remain unclear, with no documented evidence from major security vendors or law enforcement agencies regarding their geographical base, operational structure, or whether they operate as an independent cell or as part of a larger ransomware-as-a-service ecosystem. Their attack methodology and specific technical capabilities have not been extensively documented by established threat intelligence sources, though their targeting pattern indicates a preference for English-speaking nations including Great Britain, Australia, and the United States, as well as operations in Switzerland and Italy, with victims spanning consumer services, business services, technology, and healthcare sectors. No major campaigns, high-profile victims, or significant ransoms have been publicly reported by CISA, FBI, Mandiant, or other reputable security researchers, likely due to the group's recent emergence and limited scope of operations. Given their recent first observation date and small victim count, m3rx appears to be in early operational stages with their current activity status and long-term viability remaining uncertain. The group has been linked to 29 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on April 29, 2026; most recent post July 12, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 3, 2026it-freitag.de listed by m3rxon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by m3rx

m3rx has been linked to 29 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 3,549 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, it-freitag.de is reported in Germany, a country with 379 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by m3rx means it-freitag.de 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 m3rx'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.