Berlin government hack leads to cut-off of ministries and data leak
A security breach at the Berlin government in Germany led to two state government departments being disconnected from the government network. A ransomware group claimed to have stolen Berlin data and put it up for auction. Sensitive security information related to German military, defence and power generation facilities was later published on the dark web.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Berlin government
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Two state government departments disconnected from the network; sensitive information related to military, defence and power generation facilities leaked
- Cause / method
- Breach by a ransomware group
- Location
- Germany
Timeline
- Berlin disconnected two state government departments from the government network after a security breach.
- A ransomware group claimed to have stolen Berlin data and put it up for auction.
- Sensitive security information related to German military, defence and power generation facilities was published on the dark web.
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