Disclosure context

About Ciphbit

Ciphbit is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in September 2023, operating with primarily financial motivations and demonstrating a focused targeting approach across Western nations. The group's origin and potential affiliations remain largely undocumented by major threat intelligence organizations, though their operational patterns suggest they operate as an independent entity rather than a established ransomware-as-a-service model. With limited public documentation from authoritative sources like CISA, FBI, or major security research firms, specific details regarding their attack methodology, initial access vectors, and encryption techniques have not been comprehensively analyzed or reported in open-source intelligence. The group has claimed responsibility for attacks against 36 documented victims, primarily concentrating their operations in the United States, Italy, France, Germany, and Portugal, with a notable preference for targeting business services, manufacturing, healthcare, and construction sectors. No major high-profile campaigns or significant law enforcement actions against Ciphbit have been publicly documented by authoritative sources as of current reporting. Based on available intelligence, Ciphbit appears to remain active as of late 2023, though their relatively recent emergence and limited public documentation make definitive status assessments challenging without additional confirmed reporting from established threat intelligence sources. The group has been linked to 36 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 14, 2023; most recent post February 10, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

September 29, 2025Bader Gruppe listed by Ciphbiton the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Bader Gruppe is reported in Germany, a country with 695 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

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.

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Bader Gruppe

Claimed by Ciphbit · listed 8 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Sep 29, 2025
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Ciphbit
Status: Data leaked
Country: Germany
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Sep 29, 2025

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Bader Gruppe is a Germany-based industrial manufacturer specialising in custom sheet metal and steel products. Their product range includes machine enclosures, control cabinets, terminal boxes, operator panels, and gallery structures. The company serves industrial clients and appears to operate from the Baden-Württemberg region of Germany based on their phone prefix.

Industry: Sheet Metal & Steel Fabrication

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data is marked as published, indicating confirmed exfiltration, but no specific data categories, volume, or sensitive regulated data (PII, financial, medical) have been described in the leak post. The AI-generated description suggests limited verified intelligence about the victim, reducing confidence in scope.

Ciphbit claims to have compromised Bader Gruppe and has published data (disclosed_status: data_published), though the leak post contains AI-generated content describing an incorrect business profile (automotive leather) inconsistent with the actual company's operations in sheet metal fabrication.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Unspecified company data

Original description

AI-summarised, not from the leak post

Bader Gruppe is a Germany-based company engaged in the supply of automotive components. The company produces premium leather interiors and components for automobile manufacturers worldwide. Bader is one of the leading manufacturers in this field. Products include vehicle seats, headrests, armrests, door panels, and steering wheels. The company also offers product development and logistics services.

Sources

Victim sitebadergruppe.com

Source

Indexed 8 months ago

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