Was Frencken hit by ransomware?

Frencken was listed by the Snatch ransomware operation (Malaysia), 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 Snatch ransomware group?

Snatch 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 Frencken breach?

Snatch published data attributed to Frencken. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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Frencken Group Limited

listed as Frencken · Claimed by Snatch · listed 2 years ago

27m

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedFeb 28, 2024
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Snatch
Status: Data leaked
Country: Malaysia
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Feb 28, 2024

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Frencken Group Limited is an integrated technology solutions and contract manufacturing company providing original design, original equipment, and diversified manufacturing solutions. They operate two main divisions: Frencken Mechatronics (precision industrial machinery and capital equipment for OEMs) and Frencken Integrated Manufacturing Services (automotive and office automation contract manufacturing). The company has global operations across Europe, Asia, and America.

Industry: Contract Manufacturing & Mechatronics Engineering

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data published status indicates disclosure has occurred, but the leak post excerpt is vague and does not specify sensitive data categories, scale, or operational impact. The mention of government officials is unusual and requires verification. Without clear proof of regulated data (PII at scale, financial, medical) or confirmed exfiltration magnitude, this falls short of 'high' or 'critical'.

The Snatch group claims to have compromised Frencken Group, with the leak post containing alleged government official names and references to data leakage. The post mentions a Telegram channel for 'more information' but the truncated excerpt does not clearly specify whether data was exfiltrated, encrypted, or both, nor does it detail specific data categories at stake.

medium

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Corporate systems/databases
Potentially government-related communications

What the group claims

More information in our telegram channel https://t.me/snatch_team Persons responsible for data leakage:Head of City Council Of Penang Island Rajendran P. Anthony.DATO' Ir. RAJENDRAN A/L P. ANTHONY D.S.P.N., A.M.N., B.C.N., P.K.T., P.J.K.;Rajendran P. Anthony, a distinguished figure in the administration of Penang Island, has recently

Sources

Source

Indexed 2 years ago

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Disclosure context

About Snatch

Snatch is a ransomware group that emerged in November 2021, operating with primarily financial motivations and targeting organizations across multiple sectors including business services, government, education, manufacturing, and healthcare. The group has compromised at least 142 known victims, with their attacks concentrated primarily in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, and France. Little is publicly documented about Snatch's specific country of origin or affiliations with other cybercriminal organizations, though their operational patterns suggest they function as an independent ransomware operation. The group's attack methodology and specific technical details regarding initial access vectors, encryption methods, and data exfiltration practices have not been extensively documented in public threat intelligence reports from major security firms or government agencies. While Snatch has maintained a notable victim count across diverse geographic regions and industry sectors, there are no widely reported major campaigns or high-profile attacks that have drawn significant public attention or law enforcement action. Based on available public information, Snatch appears to remain an active ransomware operation as of recent reporting periods, though comprehensive details about their current operational status and recent activities are limited in open-source intelligence. The group has been linked to 142 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on November 29, 2021; most recent post May 16, 2024. The operation is currently inactive.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 28, 2024Frencken listed by Snatchon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by Snatch

Snatch has been linked to 142 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 Manufacturing sector, which has 3,672 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Frencken is reported in Malaysia, a country with 45 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by Snatch means Frencken 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 Snatch'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.