IT-Sicherheit: Berliner Senat zahlt nicht – sensible Daten jetzt im Darknet
Die Berliner Verwaltung bleibt beim Nein zu Lösegeld. Die Erpresser der kriminellen Hackergruppe Rhysida veröffentlichen daraufhin ein 5,8 Terabyte großes Datenpaket.
On Friday afternoon, the Berlin Senate found itself in an extortion situation following a massive data breach in the city's municipal network. The notorious hacker group Rhysida delivered on their threat, releasing a 5.8 terabyte data package to the darknet just hours after their ultimatum expired. The extortionists had set up a countdown on their leak site, which ended at 3:35 PM.
They demanded a ransom of 30 Bitcoins, equivalent to roughly two million euros. The Berlin Senate had previously stated they would not pay such ransoms and would not negotiate. Once the deadline passed, the website hosting the extortionists' "auction" announced the files were uploaded to the publicly accessible section, encouraging "fellow data hunters" to explore.
However, a link provided did not lead to the data but rather to an error message. The Senate's refusal to comply with the extortion attempt garnered approval from the cybersecurity community. Bianca Kastl of the Chaos Computer Club stated on RBB Inforadio that the Senate's decision was correct. "If we continue to support these groups with money or other means, they will only continue to escalate," she explained. "We must financially dry them up."
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