{"id":155413,"date":"2026-08-29T20:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T20:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/155413\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T20:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T20:20:20","slug":"berlin-is-being-blackmailed-for-2-million-euros-by-hackers-following-a-cyberattack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/155413\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin is being blackmailed for 2 million euros by hackers following a cyberattack."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-author=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787997924011_tin-tac-berlin-17879956554991927596560.png\" id=\"img_242146515056812032\" w=\"1920\" h=\"1059\" alt=\"Berlin was blackmailed for 2 million euros by hackers after a cyberattack - Photo 2.\" rel=\"lightbox\" photoid=\"242146515056812032\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn2.tuoitre.vn\/471584752817336320\/2026\/8\/29\/tin-tac-berlin-17879956554991927596560.png\" type=\"photo\" style=\"max-width:100%;;cursor:pointer\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1059\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-nosnippet=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-placeholder=\"Nh\u1eadp ch\u00fa th\u00edch \u1ea3nh\"> Berlin authorities are being demanded 2 million euros by hackers, who are threatening to publicly release data &#8211; Illustration: UANews<\/p>\n<p> Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner said on August 28 that the city government was being threatened with blackmail following a cyberattack that occurred about two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p> According to Der Spiegel magazine, the blackmailers demanded that Berlin pay 30 Bitcoin, equivalent to approximately 2 million euros, or they would publicly release the stolen data.<\/p>\n<p> A security source confirmed to Der Spiegel that the hacking group behind the incident is believed to be Rhysida, a group specializing in ransomware attacks.<\/p>\n<p> Mayor Wegner called it a serious crime and affirmed that the Berlin authorities would not accept the hackers&#8217; demands.<\/p>\n<p> The attack, which occurred on August 14th, caused several Berlin administrative agencies, particularly those responsible for housing and the environment, to lose network connectivity for about a week.<\/p>\n<p> During this time, people are unable to complete certain procedures related to housing subsidies and payments.<\/p>\n<p> Initially, Berlin officials stated that no sensitive data had been stolen. However, by August 27th, authorities admitted that personal data may have been compromised.<\/p>\n<p> According to Der Spiegel, Rhysida threatened to publicly release this data if Berlin did not pay within a week.<\/p>\n<p> German security agencies are investigating to identify the perpetrators and examine the type of data that was stolen.<\/p>\n<p> Rhysida previously claimed responsibility for a ransomware attack targeting the British Library in 2023, demanding 20 Bitcoin. The British Library refused to pay, after which the group published approximately 500,000 data files on the dark web, including personal information of visitors, subscribers, and staff.<\/p>\n<p> Meanwhile, Berlin Deputy Mayor Iris Spranger affirmed that the attack would not affect preparations for the city-state elections on September 20.<\/p>\n<p> Ms. Spranger emphasized that Berlin&#8217;s voting system remains secure. <\/p>\n<p> Source: https:\/\/tuoitre.vn\/berlin-bi-tin-tac-tong-tien-2-trieu-euro-sau-vu-tan-cong-mang-10026082916010388.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berlin authorities are being demanded 2 million euros by hackers, who are threatening to publicly release data &#8211;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,73039,55487,190,3503],"class_list":["post-155413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-blackmail","tag-cyberattack","tag-germany","tag-hackers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117180656874107804","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}