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Web server breach at Germany's Charité exposes about 140,000 contact records

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A web server breach at Germany's Charité university hospital exposed about 140,000 contact records belonging to staff, students, external inquirers and others. The exposed information included names, email addresses, usernames and some affiliation details. The hospital said it had blocked the intrusion route, isolated the server and filed a criminal complaint, and planned to notify those affected individually. Patient care was unaffected, and the incident was separate from the PHP vulnerability that had previously prompted a precautionary website shutdown.

Key facts

Affected organization
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
About 140,000 contact records belonging to staff, students, external inquirers and others
Cause / method
Web server breach
Location
Germany

If your data was exposed

Exposed dataNameEmailUsername

  1. Change your password, and also change it on any other site where you use the same one. Turn on two-factor authentication if available.
  2. Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organization’s official website or app.

Timeline

  1. A web server attack exposed about 140,000 contact records, and the hospital said it planned to notify those affected individually.
  2. The hospital said it had blocked the intrusion route and that patient care continued as normal.
  3. The hospital said it had isolated the server and filed a criminal complaint, and that patient care was unaffected.

12 related reports

The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organization’s official statements for accurate details.