Hackerangriff: E-Mail-Postfächer von Linken Abgeordneten nach Cyberangriff lahmgelegt
Linke-Abgeordnete im Bundestag sind Opfer eines „Spam-Bombing-Angriffs“ geworden, der ihre Postfächer lahmgelegt hat. Das BSI wurde eingeschaltet.
Berlin - Members of the left-wing party Linke in the German Bundestag have fallen victim to a massive cyberattack on their email inboxes, according to parliamentary sources. The attack, described as a "spam-bombing," inundated their inboxes with thousands of emails, rendering them unusable. The emails originated from various senders, had different subjects, and were written in different languages.
Only Linke politicians were affected, causing only delays in the overall Bundestag's email traffic as the servers had enough capacity. The affected politicians have since received instructions on how to filter the massive emails. The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has been involved in the incident. The cyberattack is reportedly unrelated to the potential spyware attack on government members' and politicians' iPhones, which Apple had warned about. The incident comes after Berlin's coalition negotiation talks began.
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