Berlin launches crisis response after hackers publish stolen data
- On Saturday, the Berlin state government began reviewing a 5.79-terabyte trove of stolen data published by Rhysida, as investigators assess the impact of a cyberattack targeting two departments.
- Authorities established a central crisis unit to verify the leaked files and inform affected citizens and businesses in accordance with German and European data protection rules.
- The cyberattack struck Berlin's network less than one month before the September 20 elections, intensifying pressure on officials to demonstrate competence amid the fallout.
- Describing the hack as "an extremely serious crime," Berlin officials refused to submit to extortion while urging the public to avoid spreading unverified claims.
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There is talk of a "real data super-GAU", of a data outflow "of serious extent": The hacker attack on parts of the Berlin administration could have far more far-reaching consequences than initially known, far beyond the capital. Since Friday, around 1.44 million files with a volume of 5.8 terabytes have been published in the darknet.A terabyte corresponds to about 1,000 gigabytes.First of all, only personal data seemed to be affected: scanned pa…
Around 1.44 million files from the Berlin administration have been on the Darknet since Friday. The extent could be far more far-reaching than expected. Why politicians and experts express sharp criticism.
On Friday, September 4, the hackers, the cause of the cyber attack on several German government sites in early August, released more than one million data on the Darknet. They had left a week to the executive to pay a ransom equivalent to two million euros, which he refused.
Berlin refused the ransom. Rhysida published 5.7TB
Berlin refused to pay. The data went up on Friday. The German capital now runs two police task forces, a joint departmental unit, a crisis management team and an external legal adviser. That is what refusing a ransom looks like once the deadline passes. The State of Berlin set out that machinery itself, in a […] This story continues at The Next Web
Hackers have dumped nearly six terabytes of data from the Berlin government onto the darknet. And it certainly isn't just a matter of a few stray emails and internal documents. Among the haul are said to be secret contingency plans, information about critical infrastructure, and highly personal data of civil servants...
A serious cyberattack on the Berlin administration has taken on another dimension, after the hacker group "Rhysida" published a gigantic amount of data on the dark web, which allegedly amounts to nearly 6 terabytes and includes about 1.4 million files. Among the published materials is suspected to be extremely sensitive information, including documents related to the security and emergency plans of the German authorities, reports Telegrafi. One …
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