Landeskriminalamt Rheinland-Pfalz
Rhineland-Palatinate's central criminal police authority.
On 20 October, Landeskriminalamt Rheinland-Pfalz joined five US, German and UK agencies in attributing at least 600 victims to the SafePay ransomware group.
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Landeskriminalamt Rheinland-Pfalz is the central criminal police authority for the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Based in Mainz, it coordinates and supports crime prevention and investigation across the state. Its remit includes specialist investigations, analysis and central services that local police units cannot provide alone.
The authority also operates a Zentrale Ansprechstelle Cybercrime. This unit serves as a central contact for companies and institutions affected by cybercrime. The arrangement connects private organisations with the state's criminal police expertise when an incident requires specialist support. The English name Rhineland-Palatinate State Criminal Police Office and the shorter form LKA Rheinland-Pfalz both refer to the same authority.
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Landeskriminalamt Rheinland-Pfalz joined five agencies from Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States in a SafePay advisory on 20 October. The signatories attributed at least 600 victims to the ransomware group and named five initial-access flaws disclosed between 2020 and 2024.
The LKA's joint warning highlighted that CISA had already catalogued every flaw as exploited for between two and three years. It connects the authority's state-level business contact role with international evidence about how ransomware enters organisations. Two of the named weaknesses affect backup servers, placing recovery infrastructure inside the initial-access problem.
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