LockBit5 Claims Breach of BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, Alleging Patent Document Theft

Summary
LockBit5 claims it breached BARDEHLE PAGENBERG via bardehle[.]com and exfiltrated confidential patent-litigation documents and other firm data. The post says the claim is unconfirmed.
Key points
- LockBit5 claims BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, a Germany-based intellectual property law firm, was breached.
- The group allegedly exfiltrated confidential patent-litigation documents and other sensitive firm data.
- The claim is attributed to a LockBit5 leak-site post and monitored by ransomware.live.
- The article states it cannot confirm the claim’s accuracy.
Article Details
- Victim
- bardehle.com
- Victim Domain
- bardehle.com
- Claim Date
- 2026-04-17
- Encryption Status
- Unknown
- Encrypted Size
- Unknown
- Exfiltration Status
- Claimed by LockBit5; unverified.
- Exfiltrated Data
- LockBit5 allegedly claimed exfiltration of confidential patent litigation documents and other sensitive firm data. The source says the claim could not be confirmed.
- Exfiltrated Size
- Unknown
- Ransom Demand
- Unknown
- Leak Status
- Unknown; publication of data is not reported.
