Latest coverage for Germany

Court Says Google Is Responsible for Content Generated by Its MachinesA German court dealt a blow to Google AI-infused search by deciding that the Big Tech firm is liable for defamatory statements in the AI summaries that increasingly dominate its results. The feature purports to only summarize publicly-available content, but it often hallucinates.

It May Already Be Too Late, Says AtheneThe transition to post-quantum cryptography will be a heavy lift. Experts from Germany's National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity say there's plenty that can be done in the short term to prepare for a world in which classical cryptography is no longer able to protect secrets.

Also, Kali365 Bypasses MFA, Silent Ransom Group Makes Office CallsThis week, active duty troops tracked, Kali365 bypassed MFA, Australian lawmakers phished on WhatsApp, Silent Ransom escalated IT scams, Lithuania and German hospitals disclosed breaches, pro-Russian infrastructure providers arrested, CISA warned of active LiteSpeed exploitation.

German Financial Regulator Warns Sector to Step Up DefensesOpenAI is stepping up to do what arch-rival Anthropic still won't. The AI firm will give European authorities and companies access to its new vulnerability-finding AI model, so they can beef up their cybersecurity.

Spanish Police Bust German Accused of Relaunching 'Crimenetwork' Cybercrime ForumSpanish police have arrested a German national suspected of a string of cybercrime offenses, including remotely administering from the sunny island of Mallorca a relaunched version of "Crimenetwork," a German-language cybercrime market for stolen data, forged documents and drugs.

Governments Have Long Warned About Kremlin Social Engineering HacksSignal is defending the security of its systems following a series of phishing attacks that took place on the encrypted messaging platform, and that reportedly compromised members of the German government including the president of the country's parliament.

Berlin Proposes 3 Month Requirement to Store IP AddressesThe German government says it's unlocked the secret to passing a law that would require internet service providers to keep customer data without running afoul of privacy and security concerns that sunk earlier attempts. Critics say that's impossible

Also, Medusa Ransomware, Grafana Flaw, German Political Party BreachThis week, German police unmasked a REvil leader, a critical Docker flaw, Medusa ransomware surged, DPRK hackers abused GitHub, Grafana AI bugs enabled data theft, scams hit $20B in the United States, Ivanti exploited and attacks hit Northern Ireland schools and a German political party.

Police Fanned Out Early Sunday Brandishing an Advisory of a CVSS 10 VulnerabilityPolice officers across Germany roused corporate IT administrators during the early hours of Sunday morning. Their message to bleary-eyed admins was to immediately patch a critical vulnerability in popular product lifecycle management software from U.S. vendor PTC.

Long-life medical devices - products typically used for a decade or longer - are among the most post-quantum, cryptographically vulnerable technologies in healthcare, said Joern Lubadel, global head of product security at German-based medical device and healthcare products maker B. Braun.

Berlin Readies Legislation Authorizing More Aggressive Stance in CyberspaceGermany wants to drastically step up defenses against cyberattacks from foes such as Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, and it's looking to key ally Israel for lessons and cooperation.

Hackers Target French Interior Ministry, Germany Summons Russian AmbassadorThe French Ministry of Interior is investigating a suspected nation-state cyberattack that targeted its email server. Additionally, the German government on Friday attributed a 2024 hacking incident on air traffic control systems to Russian nation-state hackers.

German Payment Processor Insiders Accused of Laundering Fake Subscription ProceedsPolice have arrested 18 suspects as part of a global crackdown targeting fraud and money laundering networks tied to the theft of $345 million by using 4.3 million cardholders' stolen data to sign them up to fake dating, pornography or streaming sites that billed monthly.

EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Halts Voting, Sees OppositionA European content scanning proposal intended to enhance online child safety stalled after German lawmakers voiced opposition and member states canceled a planned vote on the measure's adoption. The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council was set to vote Tuesday on Chat Control.

Also, a Renault Breach, WhatsApp Malware and Qilin Claims Asahi AttackThis week, insurer cybersecurity spending, a Renault breach, a WhatsApp malware campaign in Brazil. Germany skeptical of Chat Control. Two UK teens arrested for ransomware attack. Qilin claimed the attack on Japan's Asahi. Hackers weaponized Nezha. An Invoice data breach exposed personal records.

Signal and Rights Groups Urge Berlin to Reject CSAM Proposal Ahead of Key EU VoteThe German federal government is under pressure to withdraw support for a European Union content scanning proposal that critics argue poses large-scale privacy risks. The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council is set to vote Oct. 14 on a regulation called Chat Control.

German Consultancy's Latest LLM Aims to Reduce Costs, Preserve Reasoning SkillsSay hello to DeepSeek-TNG R1T2 Chimera, a large language model built by German firm TNG Consulting, using three different DeepSeek LLMs. The goal of R1T2 is to provide a faster LLM with more predictable performance that maintains full reasoning accuracy.

Claudia Plattner Says Complete Switch to European Technologies Is UnrealisticEuropean ambitions to replace foreign tech solutions with domestic alternatives are "unrealistic" in the short term, warned the head of the German cybersecurity head cybersecurity agency in a call for greater technological control over cloud platforms.

Chinese-Made AI App Faces European Privacy PushbackA German data regulator on Friday ordered Apple and Google to remove the Chinese artificial intelligence DeepSeek app from online stores over non-compliance with privacy and digital service rules. Commercial transfers of data outside of trading bloc members are governed by a complex legal system

German Court Rebuffs Consumer Group Bid for InjunctionMeta can use the public posts of European Instagram and Facebook users to train its artificial intelligence models starting Tuesday after a German court rejected an injunction against the company. The court said Meta has a "legitimate interest" in processing the data.