{
  "id": 4662574,
  "title": "Berlin says it won’t pay ransom after hackers steal government data",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/berlin-says-it-wont-pay-ransom-after-hackers-steal-government-data",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-31T14:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Record",
    "slug": "the-record",
    "url": "https://therecord.media/berlin-says-it-wont-pay-ransom-after-hackers-steal-gov-data"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Governing Mayor Kai Wegner said on Friday that Berlin had received an extortion demand following the cyberattack, which was discovered in mid-August.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}