Latest Germany news

Europol identifies 8 cybercriminals tied to malware loader botnets

Europol and German law enforcement have revealed the identities of eight cybercriminals linked to the various malware droppers and loaders disrupted as part of the Operation Endgame law enforcement operation.
- Bill Toulas
- May 31, 2024
- 12:40 PM
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NATO and EU condemn Russia's cyberattacks against Germany, Czechia

NATO and the European Union, with international partners, formally condemned a long-term cyber espionage campaign against European countries conducted by the Russian threat group APT28.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 03, 2024
- 11:47 AM
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Police shuts down 12 fraud call centres, arrests 21 suspects

Law enforcement shut down 12 phone fraud call centers in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Lebanon, behind thousands of scam calls daily.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 02, 2024
- 02:21 PM
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Germany warns of 17K vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers exposed online

The German national cybersecurity authority warned on Tuesday that it found at least 17,000 Microsoft Exchange servers in Germany exposed online and vulnerable to one or more critical security vulnerabilities.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 26, 2024
- 03:21 PM
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Russian hackers target German political parties with WineLoader malware

Researchers are warning that a notorious hacking group linked to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is targeting political parties in Germany for the first time, shifting their focus away from the typical targeting of diplomatic missions.
- Bill Toulas
- March 22, 2024
- 03:27 PM
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Darknet marketplace Nemesis Market seized by German police

The German police have seized infrastructure for the darknet Nemesis Market cybercrime marketplace in Germany and Lithuania, disrupting the site's operation.
- Bill Toulas
- March 22, 2024
- 12:12 PM
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Hessen Consumer Center says systems encrypted by ransomware

The Hessen Consumer Center in Germany has been hit with a ransomware attack, causing IT systems to shut down and temporarily disrupting its availability.
- Bill Toulas
- February 27, 2024
- 11:27 AM
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Steel giant ThyssenKrupp confirms cyberattack on automotive division

Steel giant ThyssenKrupp confirms that hackers breached systems in its Automotive division last week, forcing them to shut down IT systems as part of its response and containment effort.
- Bill Toulas
- February 26, 2024
- 12:03 PM
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Critical infrastructure software maker confirms ransomware attack

PSI Software SE, a German software developer for complex production and logistics processes, has confirmed that the cyber incident it disclosed last week is a ransomware attack that impacted its internal infrastructure.
- Bill Toulas
- February 20, 2024
- 09:36 AM
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German battery maker Varta halts production after cyberattack

Battery maker VARTA AG announced yesterday that it was targeted by a cyberattack that forced it to shut down IT systems, causing production to stop at its plants.
- Bill Toulas
- February 14, 2024
- 12:02 PM
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Police seize record 50,000 Bitcoin from now-defunct piracy site

The police in Saxony, eastern Germany, have seized 50,000 Bitcoin from the former operator of the pirate site movie2k.to through a voluntary deposit to a state-controlled wallet.
- Bill Toulas
- January 31, 2024
- 02:58 PM
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Court charges dev with hacking after cybersecurity issue disclosure

A German court has charged a programmer investigating an IT problem with hacking and fined them €3,000 ($3,265) for what it deemed was unauthorized access to external computer systems and spying on data.
- Bill Toulas
- January 20, 2024
- 11:17 AM
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Lockbit ransomware disrupts emergency care at German hospitals

German hospital network Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Ostwestfalen (KHO) has confirmed that recent service disruptions were caused by a Lockbit ransomware attack where the threat actors gained access to IT systems and encrypted devices on the network.
- Bill Toulas
- December 27, 2023
- 04:05 PM
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German police takes down Kingdom Market cybercrime marketplace

The Federal Criminal Police Office in Germany (BKA) and the internet-crime combating unit of Frankfurt (ZIT) have announced the seizure of Kingdom Market, a dark web marketplace for drugs, cybercrime tools, and fake government IDs.
- Bill Toulas
- December 20, 2023
- 09:38 AM
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Hacker leaks millions of new 23andMe genetic data profiles

A hacker has leaked an additional 4.1 million stolen 23andMe genetic data profiles for people in Great Britain and Germany on a hacking forum.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 18, 2023
- 02:04 PM
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German financial agency site disrupted by DDoS attack since Friday

The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) announced today that an ongoing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack has been impacting its website since Friday.
- Bill Toulas
- September 04, 2023
- 01:11 PM
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Play ransomware claims attack on German hotel chain H-Hotels

The Play ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on H-Hotels (h-hotels.com) that has resulted in communication outages for the company.
- Bill Toulas
- December 19, 2022
- 04:40 PM
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Student arrested for running one of Germany’s largest dark web markets

The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) in Germany have arrested a 22-year-old student in Bavaria, who is suspected of being the administrator of 'Deutschland im Deep Web' (DiDW) 3, one of the largest darknet markets in the country.
- Bill Toulas
- October 28, 2022
- 11:52 AM
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Ransomware attack halts circulation of some German newspapers

German newspaper 'Heilbronn Stimme' published today's 28-page issue in e-paper form after a Friday ransomware attack crippled its printing systems.
- Bill Toulas
- October 17, 2022
- 10:33 AM
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Germany arrests hacker for stealing €4 million via phishing attacks

Germany's Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), the country's federal criminal police, carried out raids on the homes of three individuals yesterday suspected of orchestrating large-scale phishing campaigns that defrauded internet users of €4,000,000.
- Bill Toulas
- September 30, 2022
- 10:31 AM
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