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.