Ransom! elektroverband-bayern (JUN-2026)

Ransom! elektroverband-bayern (JUN-2026)
Black X (ransomware) compromised elektroverband-bayern, a Bavarian electrical trades guild association representing ~3,000 craft businesses across Germany’s electrical engineering, IT, and electrical machine manufacturing sectors. #Germany

Incident Details

  • Victim: elektroverband-bayern
  • Sector: Energy
  • Country: DE
  • Actor: Black X
  • Source: http://blackxppq2jvqyg4slyg3sbszv7ib2avaaycvhff5qipgdoepqi57xyd.onion/target/g7DMpEWzsdQ1eA
  • Discovered: 2026-06-02T09:32:24.582001+00:00
  • Published: 2025-05-07T07:25:00+00:00

Information

  • The State Guild Association for the Bavarian Electrical Trades serves as the umbrella organization for 25 Bavarian electrical guilds.
  • It represents the interests of around 3,000 craft businesses across the electrical engineering, information technology, and electrical machine manufacturing trades.
  • The organization provides members with comprehensive support in business administration, technology, law, and management.
  • It emphasizes initial and continuing training, specialist conferences, workshops, trade fair participation, and strong public relations work.
  • It is responsible for negotiating collective bargaining agreements and supports member companies in implementing family-friendly personnel policies.
  • It advocates for member interests at both state and federal levels and develops joint market concepts with industry partners, wholesalers, and electricity suppliers.
  • The association’s mission statement offers guidance and decision-making support for member companies, serves as a framework for guild representation, and functions as a public information document.
  • The Bavarian electrical trades include about 3,000 companies, around 87,300 employees, and approximately €15 billion in revenue.
  • The sector provides services ranging from information, planning, and manufacturing to sales, installation, and maintenance of electrotechnical and electronic systems and equipment.
  • The three electrical trades work extensively and complementarily through organized electrical guilds.

Disclaimer: This post is based on public claims made by the ransomware group "Black X". I cannot confirm the accuracy of the information. However, I would be happy to share any official statement from the affected organization to provide clarification.

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