07
Sep 2026
World
World
Berlin Senate's confidential data leaked in phishing attack
A phishing attack led to the leak of confidential data from the Berlin Senate, according to Der Tagesspiegel. Preliminary reports indicate that an employee from the transport department clicked on a malicious link in an email, allowing the hacker group Rhysida to access a large volume of classified documents. The scale of the incident is considered the largest cyberattack in the history of Germany's capital.