Franziskusschule Wilhelmshaven
About the organisation
Franziskusschule Wilhelmshaven is a school located in Wilhelmshaven, a city in northern Germany on the North Sea coast. The name “Franziskusschule” indicates that it is a Franciscan or Catholic school, often inspired by the values of Saint Francis of Assisi, emphasizing community, social responsibility, and moral education alongside academic learning.
What the listing means
Franziskusschule Wilhelmshaven appeared on the payload leak site on 16 April 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated. This group has published 7 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.
Recommended actions
- Treat any unsolicited message referencing Franziskusschule Wilhelmshaven as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
- If you hold an account on franziskus-whv.de, change that password now, update it anywhere you reused it, and enable two-factor authentication.
- Other Education organisations should review this group's known TTPs and validate detection coverage against them.
- Watch for follow-on extortion: stolen data is often re-leaked or resold after the initial listing.
- A leak-site listing is a claim made by the attacker, not a confirmed breach — check the organisation's own disclosures before acting on it.
Leak-site evidence
Listing URL https://www.ransomware.live/id/RnJhbnppc2t1c3NjaHVsZSBXaWxoZWxtc2hhdmVuQHBheWxvYWQ=
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Captured from the group's extortion site. It may contain the victim's data or the attacker's messaging.
