Ransomware breach at Germany's Left Party leads to theft of internal data
Germany's Left Party (Die Linke) discovered a breach suspected to be a Qilin ransomware attack and shut down its IT infrastructure. It later confirmed data theft, and the attackers threatened to leak the data. The extent of the impact on internal data was under investigation, and the party said its membership register was not affected.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Die Linke (Germany's Left Party)
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Theft of internal data
- Cause / method
- Attributed to an attack by the Qilin ransomware group
- Location
- Germany
Timeline
- Germany's Left Party discovered the breach, shut down its IT infrastructure and said its membership register was not affected.
- Germany's Left Party confirmed data theft resulting from the Qilin ransomware attack.
- The Qilin ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack on Germany's Left Party.
- The attackers threatened to leak the stolen data.
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