Vereinigte-stadtwerke

Vereinigte-stadtwerke was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to payoutsking in November 2025. The organization, operating in the Energy sector in Germany, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.

payoutsking 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.

[AI generated] Vereinigte Stadtwerke is a German utility company that supplies electricity, natural gas, and water to its customers. Apart from these, the company also offers telecommunication services including Internet and fixed network. It primarily serves residents and businesses in the Northern Germany region. The company was founded in 2012 as a merger of several municipal utilities to increase efficiency and service quality.