Ortho Form Sauerland

Ortho Form Sauerland is a medical supply company.
Its headquarters is located in Germany.
The company supplies medical products to its customers.
It conducts business in the medical supply market.

On March 23, 2023, Ortho Form Sauerland experienced a cybersecurity breach.
The breach involved unauthorized access to the company's internal servers.
This unauthorized access led to the theft of data from the organization's systems.
The incident was identified as a security incident affecting the company's information technology environment.

The stolen information included photographs stored on the company's servers.
Documents were also among the data taken during the breach.
Personal customer data was compromised in the incident.
In addition, non‑personally identifiable records were accessed and exfiltrated.
Some of the compromised data used customer numbers rather than clear personal identifiers.
The exact potential for exploitation of the stolen data by the attackers remains unclear.

Following the discovery, Ortho Form Sauerland filed a criminal complaint with law enforcement.
The organization notified the relevant data protection supervisory authority about the breach.
Affected customers were directly informed of the incident by the company.
The company advised those individuals to remain vigilant for any unusual communications or requests linked to the breach.
Ortho Form Sauerland expressed regret over the occurrence of the security incident.
It committed to providing further updates as the investigation and any remedial actions progress.