We Stadtfabrikanten, our association work and our ongoing renovations have recently been mentioned in various newspaper articles. These articles mention that we have already opened our new premises, that we are open around the clock, or that we will be opening this year. We would like to counter this briefly:

Unfortunately, that's not the case yet!

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Dear members and guests of Stadtfabrikanten e.V. and FabLab Chemnitz,
On 05.11.2023 there was a ransomware attack on our in-house server infrastructure.
As a result, one of our servers was completely cryptographically encrypted and we received an extortionate request for payment. In addition, data from the encrypted server was siphoned off. We are currently trying to find out to what extent personal data of our members has been stolen and will inform those affected as soon as possible.
Charges will be filed against persons unknown.

The Executive Board

Dear Hangprinter fans,

recently it was painfully brought to my attention that there are people in the US who thought it would be an insanely great idea to wrap the Hangprinter concept, which has been open source for years longer, in a US patent and publish it in January 2022. This patent should never have existed, as its contents are not a novelty and therefore not suitable for patenting.

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