SALEG (Sachsen-Anhaltische Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH)
payload listed this organization on its leak site on Oct 31, 2026.
- Listing date
- Oct 31, 2026
- Attack date
- Oct 31, 2026
Listing text
SALEG (Sachsen-Anhaltische Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH) is a state-owned land development company belonging to the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. The organization specializes in urban and regional planning, brownfield redevelopment, land resource management, and the support of infrastructure projects. It operates as a service partner for local municipalities, coordinating and implementing spatial development programs in the interests of the public sector.
About the group
payload posted its first listing on Feb 17, 2026 and has listed 102 organizations to date.
Payload is a ransomware group that emerged in early 2026, using Babuk-derived source code targeting both Windows and ESXi systems with cross-platform double-extortion attacks against healthcare, energy, real estate, and agriculture sectors, claiming 12 victims across seven countries within hours of launching its leak site.
Learning center
What does this listing mean?
Ransomware groups move data out of the organization before encrypting systems and threaten to publish it if the ransom is not paid. This method is called double extortion.
The listing shows that the group claims to have targeted the organization. Whether the data was published is shown by the later status of the listing.
What should you do if your organization is listed on a leak site?
- Record the listing and any published sample files; do not visit the leak site from the corporate network.
- Isolate affected systems and preserve logs without deleting them.
- Determine which data left the organization; if personal data is involved, review notification obligations with your legal team.
- Make any decision about the ransom demand together with legal, management and incident response.
- Do not bring systems back online before the attacker’s entry point is closed.
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