Berlin Won’t Pay Extortion Group Claiming Data Theft
The Rhysida ransomware group has claimed the exfiltration of over 5TB of data, including personal information and credentials. The post Berlin Won’t Pay Extortion Group Claiming Data Theft appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Berlin, the capital city of Germany, on Friday said it would not pay the extortion group that hacked into its network and stole large amounts of data earlier this month.
The incident was discovered on August 14 and impacted the Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection, and Environment.
To contain the attack, the department’s network was shut down on August 14, the same as was the Senate Department for Urban Development, Construction, and Housing’s network.
Source: https://www.securityweek.com/berlin-wont-pay-extortion-group-claiming-data-theft/
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