Overview
- The attack began Tuesday and came in waves, disrupting booking and travel‑information tools on bahn.de and the DB Navigator through Wednesday.
- Deutsche Bahn says defensive measures stabilized availability and that no customer data were stolen during the incident.
- BSI President Claudia Plattner described the flood of traffic as billions of requests per minute and said the scale exceeded routine incidents.
- Authorities and the company are continuing forensic work, with officials cautioning that further waves cannot be ruled out even as systems are currently available.
- Coverage indicates the disruptions hit customer-facing services rather than safety‑critical rail operations, reflecting a broader rise in large DDoS campaigns intended to sow uncertainty.