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Germany covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to Germany, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
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German discount supermarket chain Lidl notified customers in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands that attackers stole their personal information in a breach at a service provider. [...]
Microsoft is working to address a widespread service issue affecting the mail flow pipeline for Exchange Online customers across North America and Germany. [...]
The alleged main administrator of Dream Market Incognito Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces before its shutdown, has been indicted in the United States on money laundering charges. [...]
German authorities have shut down a relaunch version of the criminal marketplace 'Crimenetwork' that generated more than 3.6 million euros, and arrested its operator. [...]
The Federal Police in Germany (BKA) has identified two Russian nationals as the leaders of GandCrab and REvil ransomware operations between 2019 and 2021. [...]
The Qilin ransomware group has claimed responsibility for an attack against Die Linke ('The Left'), forcing an IT systems outage at the political party, and threatening sensitive data leak. [...]
Authorities from the United States, Germany, and Canada have taken down Command and Control (C2) infrastructure used by the Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets to infect Internet of Things (IoT) devices. [...]
Germany's domestic intelligence agency is warning of suspected state-sponsored threat actors targeting high-ranking individuals in phishing attacks via messaging apps like Signal. [...]
The identity of the Black Basta ransomware gang leader has been confirmed by law enforcement in Ukraine and Germany, and the individual has been added to the wanted list of Europol and Interpol. [...]
Law enforcement officers from Switzerland and Germany have taken down the Cryptomixer cryptocurrency-mixing service, believed to have helped cybercriminals launder stolen funds. [...]
A recent ruling from Germany's Federal Supreme Court (BGH) has revived a legal battle over whether browser-based ad blockers infringe copyright, raising fears about a potential ban of the tools in the country. [...]
The Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection has formally requested Google and Apple to remove the DeepSeek AI application from the application stores due to GDPR violations. [...]
The German data protection authority (BfDI) has fined Vodafone GmbH, the telecommunications company's German subsidiary, €45 million ($51.4 million) for privacy and security violations. [...]
The Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (Bundeskriminalamt or BKA) claims that Stern, the leader of the Trickbot and Conti cybercrime gangs, is a 36-year-old Russian named Vitaly Nikolaevich Kovalev. [...]
German sportswear giant Adidas disclosed a data breach after attackers hacked a customer service provider and stole some customers' data. [...]
The Federal police in Germany (BKA) seized the server infrastructure and shut down the 'eXch' cryptocurrency exchange platform for alleged money laundering cybercrime proceeds. [...]
Kidflix, one of the largest platforms used to host, share, and stream child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the dark web, was shut down on March 11 following a joint action coordinated by German law enforcement. [...]
Europol and German law enforcement confirmed the arrest of two suspects and the seizure of 17 servers in Operation Talent, which took down Cracked and Nulled, two of the largest hacking forums with over 10 million users. [...]
The BadBox Android malware botnet has grown to over 192,000 infected devices worldwide despite a recent sinkhole operation that attempted to disrupt the operation in Germany. [...]
A phishing campaign targeting automotive, chemical, and industrial manufacturing companies in Germany and the UK is abusing HubSpot to steal Microsoft Azure account credentials. [...]