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V. Fraas

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Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Jan 14, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for V. Fraas →

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Payoutsking 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: Consumer ServicesDiscovered: 2026-04-30

Source: Ransomware.live

Company description · AI-generated by the aggregator, not the leak post

V. Fraas is a German textile manufacturer specializing in scarves, shawls, blankets, and accessories. Founded in 1880 and headquartered in Helmbrechts, Bavaria, Germany, the company is known for producing high-quality woven and knitted textiles. It operates in the fashion and home textile industry, serving both retail and wholesale markets globally. V. Fraas is recognized for its craftsmanship and broad range of seasonal accessories.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Jan 14, 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

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 2025-04-17

payoutsking

According to ransomware.live, PayoutsKing is an active ransomware group observed through at least 2026 that has claimed attacks against a wide range of industries internationally — including Del Monte Foods and V. FRAAS — across the US, UK, Germany, and Ireland using standard double-extortion tactics.

117 victims claimed globally117 tracked hereFull profile →