Berlin Rejects Ransom Demands After State Network Data Breach by Rhysida Group

Berlin's state government refused to pay ransom demands following a data breach by the Rhysida group, which exfiltrated 5.79TB of data and personal information. The attack exploited vulnerabilities like Zerologon and phishing, with authorities investigating and no ransom figure disclosed.

Berlin's state government has confirmed that it is the target of an extortion attempt following the August compromise of the city's state administrative network, and said it will not meet the extortionists' demands.

The same statement disclosed that forensic work had found further data outflows in the portfolio of the Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection and Environment

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