Aurora ransomware leaks German law firm data
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Ransomware group Aurora posted data stolen from German insolvency law firm Dr. Bien, including court, client and employee records.
Ransomware.live has indexed a leak-site posting attributed to the Aurora ransomware group claiming compromise of Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Dr. Bien, a specialist insolvency law firm in Hamm, Germany, which acts as court-appointed insolvency administrator for twelve local courts (Amtsgerichte) in the Westfalen region. The claimed exposure is extensive and highly sensitive: over 2,300 WinSolvenz case databases containing full debtor financial dossiers (creditors, claims, distribution plans, bank details), 492+ forced-administration property files, an 80GB MailStore email archive covering the firm's entire correspondence history, a 1.7GB backup of beA (the German bar's secure electronic court-communication system) containing every electronic exchange between the firm and German courts, 35 employee HR records, and DATEV tax/accounting archives.
No technical details on the initial access vector, exploited vulnerability, or ransomware deployment mechanics are provided in this listing — it is purely a leak-site victim entry. Defenders at law firms and professional services handling insolvency or court-related data should treat this as a reminder to review backup segregation (especially for email archives and case-management databases like WinSolvenz/MDB files), access controls around beA and DATEV systems, and incident response readiness, since this category of target (holding financial, personal, and privileged legal data) is attractive to ransomware/data-extortion actors. No indicators of compromise, malware samples, or TTPs are disclosed in the source material.
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Source reporting: https://www.ransomware.live/id/UmVjaHRzYW53YWx0c2thbnpsZWkgRHIuIEJpZW5AYXVyb3Jh
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