The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Why Berlin is still holding its breath over Russian cyber attack on election As the clock ticks down to elections Sunday, Germany's cyber defence nervously hopes it'll be third time lucky after Russia was accused of meddling in the US and French votes. https://www.thelocal.de/20170921/why-berlin-is-still-holding-its-breath-over-a-russian-cyber-attack-on-election Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:03:04 +0200 why-berlin-is-still-holding-its-breath-over-a-russian-cyber-attack-on-election Brit arrested for cyber attack on a million German homes last year A British national has been arrested at a London airport on suspicion of staging a cyber-attack on Deutsche Telekom last year that knocked around a million German households offline, officials in both countries said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170223/brit-arrest-for-cyber-attack-that-hit-a-million-german-homes-last-year Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:37:23 +0100 brit-arrest-for-cyber-attack-that-hit-a-million-german-homes-last-year 600,000 car-sharing users' details stolen in cyber attack Hundreds of thousands of users of a now defunct German car-sharing website have had their bank account details stolen by hackers, it was announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20161129/600000-car-sharing-users-details-stolen-in-new-cyber-attack Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:43:27 +0100 600000-car-sharing-users-details-stolen-in-new-cyber-attack Foreign state 'aims hack attack' against top politicians Several German political parties were the target of hacker attacks over the summer, with a foreign government suspected to be behind them, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20160920/foreign-state-aims-hack-attack-against-top-german-politicians Tue, 20 Sep 2016 20:01:45 +0200 foreign-state-aims-hack-attack-against-top-german-politicians German government attacked by hackers 20 times a day Cyber attacks on the German government and businesses are becoming ever more sophisticated and effective, security experts warn. https://www.thelocal.de/20160906/german-government-attacked-by-hackers-20-times-a-day Tue, 06 Sep 2016 13:35:45 +0200 german-government-attacked-by-hackers-20-times-a-day Study: 1 in 5 big firms attacked by hackers One-fifth of Germany’s major companies has been attacked by hackers within the past three years, but companies are also not taking cyber security as seriously as they should, according to a study released on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150727/one-in-five-big-german-firms-has-been-hacked Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:09:04 +0200 one-in-five-big-german-firms-has-been-hacked Police hacked after top cop rows with daughter A hacker attack which infiltrated Germany’s federal police computer system using Trojan programs and a system of routes via Russia last summer was due to a row about internet usage between a top cop and his daughter. https://www.thelocal.de/20120109/39999 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0100 39999 Cheap software led to police hack A leaked government report has revealed that police servers were only protected by cheap software, making a recent hack on databases much easier. Police were forced to shut down several servers with data on serious criminals. https://www.thelocal.de/20110716/36329 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:01:00 +0200 36329