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 German authorities probing a cyber attack on a hospital's IT system that led to a fatal delay in treatment for a critically ill woman believe the software used can be traced back to Russian hackers. https://www.thelocal.de/20200922/german-experts-see-russian-link-in-deadly-hospital-hacking Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:52:26 +0200 german-experts-see-russian-link-in-deadly-hospital-hacking German prosecutors said Friday they were launching an investigation into involuntary manslaughter after a patient died in the aftermath of a hacking attack on a hospital. https://www.thelocal.de/20200918/manslaughter-probe-as-patient-dies-after-german-hospital-hacking-attack-duesseldorf Fri, 18 Sep 2020 19:24:26 +0200 manslaughter-probe-as-patient-dies-after-german-hospital-hacking-attack-duesseldorf Cyber spies belonging to the Russian hacker group "APT28" are said to have attacked the federal government's sensitive data network. This is what we know so far. https://www.thelocal.de/20180301/the-cyber-attack-on-the-german-government-what-we-know-so-far Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:59:06 +0100 the-cyber-attack-on-the-german-government-what-we-know-so-far Russian hackers have infiltrated Germany's foreign and interior ministries' online networks, German news agency DPA reported Wednesday quoting unnamed security sources. https://www.thelocal.de/20180228/hackers-invade-federal-governments-network Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:37:33 +0100 hackers-invade-federal-governments-network A British man was handed a suspended jail sentence by a court in Cologne on Friday for a massive cyber attack against Deutsche Telekom last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20170728/british-hacker-convicted-of-massive-cyber-attack-in-germany Fri, 28 Jul 2017 17:43:21 +0200 british-hacker-convicted-of-massive-cyber-attack-in-germany The whistleblower group's new report describes how the CIA reportedly hacked into iPhones, Microsoft Windows and even Samsung TVs around the world - and the German financial centre is reportedly a major hub. https://www.thelocal.de/20170307/wikileaks-claims-us-frankfurt-consulate-is-a-cia-hacker-base Tue, 07 Mar 2017 17:24:04 +0100 wikileaks-claims-us-frankfurt-consulate-is-a-cia-hacker-base 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 Cyber attacks from Russia are now so common that Germany must learn to cope with them as part of daily life, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday, after Europe's top economy suffered its largest ever online assault. https://www.thelocal.de/20161129/german-spy-chief-warns-russian-cyber-attacks-could-hit-polls Tue, 29 Nov 2016 11:01:31 +0100 german-spy-chief-warns-russian-cyber-attacks-could-hit-polls 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 Germany's domestic secret service said Friday it had evidence that Russia was behind a series of cyber attacks, including one that targeted the Bundestag (German parliament) last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20160513/russia-blamed-for-hack-attacks-on-merkel-and-mps Fri, 13 May 2016 16:51:46 +0200 russia-blamed-for-hack-attacks-on-merkel-and-mps Several large German banks have had to exchange thousands of customers’ credit cards after details were stolen in a hacker attack at the end of last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20160211/hackers-steal-details-from-thousands-of-german-bank-customers Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:47:56 +0100 hackers-steal-details-from-thousands-of-german-bank-customers German police have searched the homes of 13 people as part of an international swoop on users of the mobile phone malware DroidJack, authorities said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151029/police-join-eu-wide-raids-on-smartphone-hackers Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:13:05 +0100 police-join-eu-wide-raids-on-smartphone-hackers Privacy activist Jacob Appelbaum’s new Berlin art exhibition aims to show Julian Assange and other famous dissidents in the internet privacy debate in a new light. https://www.thelocal.de/20150914/hacker-shows-the-human-side-of Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:46:42 +0200 hacker-shows-the-human-side-of Security researchers have found that many vehicles produced by the Volkswagen group – including some of the world's biggest luxury brands like Audi and Porsche – have a security flaw that could let hackers access them without a key. https://www.thelocal.de/20150814/researchers-crack-volkswagen-keyless-opening Fri, 14 Aug 2015 17:01:19 +0200 researchers-crack-volkswagen-keyless-opening IT experts warned this week that the website of the Bundestag (German parliament) is a potential “bridgehead” for hackers to gain access to MPs' data. https://www.thelocal.de/20150625/bundestag-website-is-potential-bridgehead-for-hackers Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:57:40 +0200 bundestag-website-is-potential-bridgehead-for-hackers Unknown attackers have been targeting the Bundestag (German parliament) computer network for around six months, rather than since May, dpa reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150619/bundestag-hack-lasted-months-longer-than-thought Fri, 19 Jun 2015 10:51:06 +0200 bundestag-hack-lasted-months-longer-than-thought A hacker attack on the Bundestag (German parliament) earlier in 2015 means that an entirely new network will have to be built after experts failed to fix the breach. https://www.thelocal.de/20150611/hackers-wipe-out-bundestag-computer-network Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:59:32 +0200 hackers-wipe-out-bundestag-computer-network Patrick Sensburg, chairman of the Bundestag (German parliament) inquiry into spying by the US National Security Agency (NSA), asked security experts to examine his phone after suspecting he might have been hacked – only for it to be tampered with in the post. https://www.thelocal.de/20150304/snowden-nsa-inquiry-bundestag-chief-suspects-phone-hacking Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:35:59 +0100 snowden-nsa-inquiry-bundestag-chief-suspects-phone-hacking A documentary to be broadcast on Monday based on documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden shows that Germany is caught up in an inescapable digital arms race. https://www.thelocal.de/20150109/digital-arms-race-has-begun-snowden-germany-cyber-war-internet-hacking-nsa-intelligence Fri, 09 Jan 2015 11:15:00 +0100 digital-arms-race-has-begun-snowden-germany-cyber-war-internet-hacking-nsa-intelligence German authorities on Tuesday confirmed they were investigating the country's biggest ever data theft – which saw hackers steal details of around 18 million email accounts. https://www.thelocal.de/20140403/hackers-steal-18-million-email-accounts-germany-2 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 18:18:00 +0200 hackers-steal-18-million-email-accounts-germany-2