Gericke AG
Attack Intelligence
Gericke AG was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to qilin in October 2025. The organization, operating in the Manufacturing sector in Switzerland, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.
qilin operates as a financially motivated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, exfiltrating sensitive data and threatening public disclosure to pressure victims into paying ransom demands.
The Swiss Gericke Group has been designing and manufacturing equipment and systems for modern bulk material processes, as well as providing design and consultation services, for more than 125 years. Gericke bulk materials processing technolog ...
Intelligence correlations link this incident to 1 vulnerability(ies) including CVE-2026-0257, which may have been leveraged as initial access vectors or for lateral movement.