Overview
- A cyber intrusion detected on Friday targeted two Berlin senatsverwaltungen and prompted their isolation from the state network while the LKA, the Staatsanwaltschaft and the BSI carry out forensic work and a criminal investigation.
- The affected Senatsverwaltungen for city development and for mobility report heavy operational disruption with staff unable to use email or online systems and many tasks reduced to phone‑based work.
- At Leipzig/Halle a bus driver found a drone fitted with explosives that did not detonate, and reporting indicates the device may have contained two SIM cards and a 5G router that would allow remote control over mobile networks.
- Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt opened a new drone‑security technology centre in Cochstedt and ordered the Bundespolizei mobile anti‑drone unit increased from roughly 130 to 300 personnel as part of a three‑pillar defence plan.
- Security experts and state officials say gaps remain: attribution is unresolved, possible data exfiltration in the Berlin case is not yet confirmed, and critics warn that unclear responsibilities and slow implementation leave critical infrastructure exposed.