{"id":160268,"date":"2026-09-05T17:47:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/160268\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T17:47:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:47:17","slug":"berlin-launches-crisis-response-after-hackers-publish-stolen-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/160268\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin launches crisis response after hackers publish stolen data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Reuters;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Reuters\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"428\" height=\"100\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788630437_721_reuters.com.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sat, September 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3e4cebce-d54d-4aa9-9c7c-3084e878948a.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BERLIN, Sept 5 (Reuters) &#8211; Berlin&#8217;s state government said on Saturday it was reviewing with the highest intensity a trove of stolen data published by a ransomware group, as investigators attempt to assess the scale and impact of the cyberattack that targeted two departments.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The cyberattack on Berlin&#8217;s network came less than a month before the city-state holds elections on September 20.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The data was released on Friday after an auction put on by the Rhysida group for 5.79 terabytes of data at a starting price of 30 bitcoin ($77,622) ended after several days. Berlin had said that it would not submit to extortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A central crisis unit will oversee the review, verification and assessment of the leaked data and support efforts to inform affected citizens and businesses, said the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Berlin described the hacking incident as &#8220;an extremely serious crime&#8221; and an attack on the state itself, urging the public not to spread unverified claims on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Individuals affected by the data leak will be informed by the relevant authorities in accordance with German and European data protection rules, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Miranda Murray; Editing by Toby Chopra)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sat, September 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM UTC BERLIN, Sept 5 (Reuters) &#8211; Berlin&#8217;s state government said on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,190],"class_list":["post-160268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-germany"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117219691548055187","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160268","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=160268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}