German Radiostation Continues Broadcasting by Switching to Analogue

December 19, 2024

INCIDENT

On Wednesday January 17, 2024, DONAU 3 FM fell victim to a major hacker attack, and since then most of the station's digital devices have stopped working. The hackers are demanding a ransom to unlock the devices again. The station dusted off analogue equipment to continue broadcasting. On January 20 most important systems were up and running again.

Incident Date

January 17, 2024

Location

Germany

Estimated Cost

unknown at this time

Victims

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source

No threat source identified