{"id":85771,"date":"2026-09-05T23:40:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T23:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/85771\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T23:40:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T23:40:30","slug":"berlin-launches-crisis-response-after-hackers-publish-stolen-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/85771\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin Launches Crisis Response After Hackers Publish Stolen Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BERLIN, Sept 5 (Reuters) &#8211; Berlin&#8217;s \u2060state \u2060government said on Saturday \u2060it was reviewing with the highest \u200bintensity a trove of stolen data published by \u200ca ransomware group, as \u200cinvestigators attempt to assess the scale \u2060and \u2060impact of the cyberattack that targeted two departments.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u200bThe cyberattack on Berlin&#8217;s network came less than a month before the city-state holds elections on \u200bSeptember 20.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The data was released on Friday \u2060after an \u2060auction put on \u2060by \u200bthe Rhysida group for 5.79 terabytes of data at \u200ba starting \u2060price 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 \u2060will oversee the review, verification and assessment of the \u2060leaked 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 \u2060Individuals affected by the data leak will be informed by the relevant authorities in accordance with German and European data protection \u200brules, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Miranda Murray; \u200bEditing by Toby Chopra)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>The Month in Photos: Sept. 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/september-04-pyss-z01.jpg\" alt=\"Scientists test newly developed spacesuits at the LUNA analog facility in preparation of future human and robotic missions to the moon, simulating the lunar surface for astronauts and robotic systems for the European Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center near Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo\/Martin Meissner)\" class=\"Image__PictureImage-sc-412cjc-1 bBgODV Image-sc-412cjc-2 SlideshowEmbed__Picture-fkpjfn-0 kQDDcT bUlaJL\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BERLIN, Sept 5 (Reuters) &#8211; Berlin&#8217;s \u2060state \u2060government said on Saturday \u2060it was reviewing with the highest \u200bintensity&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[18,982,23,6931,151,5,4416,46],"class_list":["post-85771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-collections-world","tag-crime","tag-cybersecurity","tag-europe","tag-germany","tag-reuters","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}