Hackers demand 30 bitcoin from Berlin as sensitive data breach widens

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2026-08-29

Berlin (dpa) - The Berlin state government has declined to comment on the demands made by hackers who targeted the city's administrative data network two weeks ago, a spokeswoman said on Saturday. The government is also withholding information about which data the attackers accessed and exactly who is behind the cyberattack. "For reasons of investigative tactics, we are not commenting on this at the present time," a spokeswoman told dpa on Satur......

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