Skip to content
Back to Blog
high severity March 03, 2026 · 3 min read Unverified claim — what this is

Franz-Sales-Haus.de Listed by safepay Ransomware Group

If you are a customer of Franz-Sales-Haus.de, here’s what is being claimed, and what it would mean for you.

Located at Steeler Straße 261, 45138 Essen, is a support organization dedicated to empowering people with disabilities to live self-determined …

— from SafePay’s own leak-site posting. This is the group’s claim, quoted verbatim; it is not GalaxyWarden’s reporting and has not been independently verified.
Franz-Sales-Haus.de Listed by safepay Ransomware Group

On March 3, 2026, the German nonprofit Franz-Sales-Haus.de appeared on the leak site of the safepay ransomware group after its internal files were allegedly exfiltrated during a ransomware attack. The organization, based at Steeler Straße 261, 45138 Essen, provides support services that help people with disabilities live independently. While the exact number of individuals whose information may have been exposed remains unknown, any personal records held by the nonprofit may now be in the hands of attackers.

Already exposed?
You can’t unleak data. You can take away what it’s worth.
A leaked record is where it starts, not where it ends. What turns it into your front door is the look-up sites publishing your address beside your name — and those are what an AI reads when somebody asks about you. The free scan shows you both. We write to 582 companies.
See what is exposed about you — free scan →
Not ready yet? Run a free breach check on this email
We’ll check it against 13.1B+ leaked records right now — no account needed. Continuous monitoring & alerts are part of Protection.

What's Publicly Reported from Reporting

Public reporting indicates that safepay posted details of the Franz-Sales-Haus breach on its dark-web leak site. The data consists of internal files exfiltrated following a ransomware deployment. No confirmed total of affected records has been released, and the precise contents of the leaked files have not been independently verified by third parties. The incident follows the group’s typical pattern of publishing victim data when ransom demands are not met.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

When a support organization that assists vulnerable people suffers a breach, the ripple effects can reach the very families it serves. Personal details submitted during intake, case notes, contact information, or even financial records used for service coordination could be exposed. For you or your family, that might mean increased risk of identity theft, targeted scams, or unwanted contact from people who should never have had that information. Even a single leaked address or phone number tied to a disability-support file can make everyday privacy harder to maintain.

The Doxxing and Identity-Chain Implications

Ransomware leaks like this one rarely stop at the first dataset. Attackers or opportunistic criminals often combine the newly exposed internal files with information already circulating on forums and breach repositories. A seemingly harmless support-organization record can link an email address to a real name, physical address, and family relationships. Once those connections exist, doxxing chains form quickly: gaming usernames, children’s accounts, social-media handles, and phone numbers all become easier to tie together. Credential leaks of this nature frequently cascade into account takeovers across unrelated services.

Safepay Group’s Known Track Record

Public reporting attributes safepay with emerging in late 2024 or early 2025 as a ransomware operation that combines encryption with data extortion. The group has listed healthcare providers, educational institutions, and smaller nonprofits among its prior victims. Its standard playbook involves gaining initial access, exfiltrating sensitive files before deploying ransomware, then publishing samples on its leak site if the victim does not pay by the stated deadline. The group typically uses double-extortion tactics—threatening both operational disruption and public release of stolen data.

What to do

  • Run a DoxxScan to map every link between your handles, emails, phone numbers, and real identity, then use the included cleanup of data-broker listings tied to the breach.
  • Enable continuous DoxxScan monitoring across 13.1 billion+ breach records and more than 100 platforms so the next exposure surfaces within hours rather than months.
  • Rotate any password you used at Franz-Sales-Haus.de or related support portals anywhere it has been reused, and switch to 2FA through an authenticator app instead of SMS.
  • Cover the entire household with DoxxScan family protection, which extends to dependents and children’s gaming accounts that can chain back to the same leaked address or contact details.
  • Let remediation specialists handle ongoing takedown requests for any personal information that surfaces from this incident across data brokers and paste sites.

The Franz-Sales-Haus breach is a reminder that organizations helping families can themselves become gateways to personal exposure. Taking concrete steps now limits how far attackers can travel down the identity chain created by this leak. DoxxScan by GalaxyWarden delivers that protection through continuous monitoring across 13.1B+ breach records and 100+ platforms, AI-powered identity-chain mapping, hands-on remediation by specialists, and full household coverage that includes children’s gaming accounts.

What the free scan actually returns

Sample resultyou@email.comIllustrative — not a real person

Found on people-search siteswe remove these

These listings are live, public, and legal to remove — and removing them is what we do.

value redacted in this sampleage, relatives, address historySpokeo
value redacted in this samplephone, household, property recordsBeenVerified
value redacted in this sample582 companies checked

Found in breach recordsverifiedreported — unverified

Each record is labeled: confirmed breach data, or an attacker’s claim no one has verified.

verifiedvalue redacted in this samplepassword + phone · 2024telecom breach
unverifiedvalue redacted in this sampleclaimed in ransomware listing · 2026leak-site claim

Leaked data cannot be deleted from the internet — anyone claiming otherwise is lying. Broker listings can be removed. We do the second, and show you exactly what to fix from the first.

Check your exposure
Franz-Sales-Haus.de is one listing. Your email is probably in others.
We can’t confirm any single incident against the sources we search, so we won’t pretend to. What we can show you is your own exposure — your email against 13.1B+ leaked records and the sites that publish your address. About 15 seconds. No account, no card.

By running your scan you agree to the Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy, and to GalaxyWarden emailing you the results of this scan.

Report details & sourcing

Severity High the filing does not enumerate what was exposed
Disclosed March 03, 2026
Last reviewed August 8, 2026
Affected Unconfirmed
Unverified claim — what this report is
This page documents a public listing on a ransomware/extortion group’s leak site, tracked via public threat-intelligence sources. A listing is the attacker’s claim. GalaxyWarden aggregates and reports such claims; we have not independently verified that a breach occurred, what data (if any) was taken, or the accuracy of anything the group asserts, and the named organisation has not necessarily confirmed the incident. Sections above describe what the listing shows and the group’s documented history — not verified findings about the named organisation. If you represent this organisation and believe anything here is inaccurate, tell us and we’ll review it promptly.
Editorial & sourcing policy
GalaxyWarden is a breach-monitoring service and news aggregator. We do not exfiltrate, host, purchase, or redistribute stolen data. Breach information is compiled from publicly accessible sources and threat-intelligence platforms, and is reported as claims attributed to their source. We promptly correct or remove material shown to be inaccurate — see our content & takedown policy or write to support@galaxywarden.com.
Share this Post on X Reddit Email