Hartmann Bau
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Full breach record for Hartmann Bau →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group DragonForce 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.
Source: Ransomware.live
Post text · scraped from the leak site
Hartmann Bau GmbH is a construction company based in Borgentreich near Kassel, specializing in residential, commercial, agricultural, and civil engineering projects in the Paderborn, Höxter, and Kassel areas. With over 80 years of experience, the company emphasizes quality, timely completion, and customer satisfaction as the foundation for successful construction projects. They offer a comprehensive range of services from planning to key handover, ensuring adherence to high standards and legal requirements. Their team is equipped to handle diverse projects, including offices, housing, barns, and warehouses, tailored to clients' specific needs
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Mar 18, 2026
Claim posted
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No filing yet · watching
Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.
Claim → filing
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Compliance clock
Not assessable
Evidence ladder
Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
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.
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- discovery date
- materiality
- notification
- affected count
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The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.
dragonforce
According to ransomware.live, DragonForce is a major ransomware-as-a-service operation first observed in August 2023 that launched a formal affiliate program offering 80% revenue share, then rebranded as a "ransomware cartel" in 2025, gaining notoriety for high-profile attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods.