IT-Sicherheit: Sensible Daten bei Cyberangriff womöglich doch betroffen
Eine Hackerattacke traf vor knapp zwei Wochen zwei Berliner Senatsverwaltungen. Bislang hieß es, es seien nur frei verfügbare Geodaten abgeflossen. Jetzt gibt es einen neuen Erkenntnisstand.
A cyberattack on Berlin's municipal network may have compromised sensitive data, according to a report from the Senate Secretariat. The specific area affected is the business sector within the Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection, and Environment. It has been confirmed that personal or other non-public data could be among the compromised information.
The scope and content of the affected data are currently under investigation. Just last week, the Senate had stated that no sensitive data had been leaked, based on initial findings. These data consisted mainly of geospatial information, which was already publicly available online. The cyberattack was discovered on August 14th. It is believed that the data exfiltration occurred prior to this date, meaning that the Senate Departments for Urban Development, Building and Housing, and for Mobility, Transport, Environment, and Climate Protection were already disconnected from the municipal network before the incident.
The cyberattack was identified on August 14th. Once reliable information about the extent and nature of the data is available, the Senate Secretariat will inform the relevant parliamentary bodies and authorities. At present, it is assumed that the attack has been contained. Forensic investigations and scanning of the Berlin municipal network are ongoing, and the ICT emergency team remains active.
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