January 17, 2024
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.
January 27, 2024
Anydesk recently struggled with disruptions, the company now confirms that it is the victim of an IT incident. The company activated its emergency plan.
The company has revoked all security-related certificates. Systems have been repaired or replaced where necessary. The code signing certificate used to date will be withdrawn shortly and the manufacturer has started using a new one. Anydesk systems are not designed to store private keys, security tokens or passwords, Anydesk adds in the statement.
AnyDesk suffered a four-day outage during which the company disabled the ability to log in to the AnyDesk client. On Feburary 1 access was restored.
February 1, 2024
Kreisel GmbH & Co. KG is an internationally operating plant manufacturer based in Krauschwitz. It now finds itself in difficult waters.
The company’s current financial difficulties are primarily due to increased financing costs and a deterioration in earnings due to the consequences of the corona pandemic, the increase in raw material and energy prices, and a cyberattack. The latter had limited the company’s ability to act for several weeks in the first quarter of 2024. The geopolitical crisis of recent years with wars and embargoes did the rest. Despite a generally good demand situation, it led to a weak economy and cautious investment decisions on the part of customers. Since the financial difficulties could not be remedied out of court despite the management’s restructuring efforts, the management dutifully and logically filed for insolvency on November 19, 2024.
June 13, 2024
Geopost announces having identified a cybersecurity incident consisting of a recent unauthorized access to a database operated by its subsidiary in Spain. After becoming aware of the incident, the company proactively informed the National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE) and the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD), for the appropriate purposes, and promptly began an investigation with the assistance of cybersecurity experts
June 26, 2024
Software company TeamViewer says that a compromised employee account is what enabled hackers to breach its internal corporate IT environment and steal encrypted passwords in an incident attributed to the Russian government.
TeamViewer said a Kremlin-backed group tracked as APT29 was able to copy employee directory data like names, corporate contact information and the encrypted passwords, which were for the company’s internal IT environment. The company reaffirmed that the hackers were not able to gain access to the company’s product environment or customer data, and that the breach appears to be contained.
July 3, 2024
A ransomware gang has managed to penetrate a TÜV Rheinland training network. Access data may have leaked in the process. The affected network segment was deactivated immediately after the attack was detected. TÜV Rheinland’s corporate network and the other training network were not affected by the incident.
A well-known hacker group called Ransomexx claims to have infiltrated IT systems of the Cologne-based testing service provider TÜV Rheinland AG and stolen a total of 650 GB of company data. As can be seen in a screenshot shared by Falconfeeds.io on X , the attackers have not yet given any details about the stolen data. “The post will be available shortly ,” says Ransomexx’s data leak page.
November 14, 2024
VOSSKO fell victim to a ransomware attack in which the internal systems and databases were encrypted. The malware affected operational processes, but affected systems and production have already been restored, the company reports on their website.
“We have done everything we can to regain access to our systems as quickly as possible,” emphasizes the management. “In the course of restoring and resuming production, all internal systems are being continuously checked and monitored to ensure complete security.’
November 1, 2024
The engineering office Fritz Spieth Beratende Ingenieure GmbH has fallen victim to a targeted hacker attack by criminals.
Immediately after discovering the attack, our management informed the authorities and filed a complaint. At the same time, all IT systems were shut down or isolated to protect our customers, suppliers and employees.
By consistently implementing an emergency protocol and IT emergency plan, our company has returned to normal operations. In the future, we will have a compromise assessment carried out by independent experts on a continuous basis to further increase our IT security level and go beyond our previous standards.
According to the assessment of independent IT experts, there is currently no evidence that the portals we use and the emails we send pose an increased risk.
October 15, 2024
aap Implante AG, a German medical technology company, has reported a possible cyberattack that could have compromised the security of its systems and data. The company took immediate action to contain the incident and launched an investigation to determine the extent of the attack. Details of the incident and possible consequences are not yet available.
September 16, 2024
The Geretsried radio was the victim of a massive cyberattack, led by Russian hackers, who encrypted all the music files and demanded a high ransom. The management team and the board of directors are working at high pressure to solve the problem. Meanwhile, the radio station broadcasts an emergency program.