Overview
- The city administration remains largely offline with phones, email, websites and many online services unavailable.
- Investigations are led by the Rheinpfalz police cybercrime unit with LKA involvement under the Frankenthal prosecutor's office.
- Authorities say no ransom note was received and access to municipal data is intact.
- Residents face practical disruptions including halted vehicle registrations, unavailable permits and suspended parking ticket sales, though the 115 hotline has been reenabled.
- Full recovery timing and attribution remain open as forensic reconstruction progresses, which the state interior minister described as a major effort progressing well.