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GLOBALMalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareM3rxRansom DemandedActor NamedData Leak ThreatenedData PublishedHigh

It-Freitag

bd_49dc86a7bf3fbe7f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Filed

May 3, 2026

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for It-Freitag

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group M3rx on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: TechnologyDiscovered: 2026-05-03

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

+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: --

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

May 3, 2026

Claim posted

No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Unverified claimView incident

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

No regulatory filing corroborates this yet — it is the attacker's own assertion. Watch this entity to be notified the moment a filing corroborates or contradicts it.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2026-04-29

m3rx

According to ransomware.live, M3rx is a small ransomware group first observed in 2025, using AES-CTR/AES-GCM encryption and targeting organizations in England, the US, Australia, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, with around eight claimed victims including a Sydney-based property firm.

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