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Two Berlin Senatorial Offices Cut From Landesnetz After Suspected Hacker Attack

Investigators are working to determine whether sensitive data were taken during the breach with city services already reporting major disruption.

Overview

  • Forensic work uncovered an IKT‑incident and both the Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung and the Senatsverwaltung für Mobilität were isolated from the Landesnetz as a security measure, a step officials say was taken on Friday.
  • A Notfallkrisenstab was formed and the Landeskriminalamt, the Staatsanwaltschaft Berlin and the BSI have opened a criminal probe to coordinate containment and technical forensics.
  • Staff in the two administrations report they are largely unable to work without internet or external email access, and internal phone and limited mail remain the only reliable channels.
  • Several outlets, including RBB and the Tagesspiegel, report that data may have been exfiltrated and that attackers exploited a weakness in the Stadtentwicklungsverwaltung’s IT, but the Senatskanzlei has not confirmed loss of sensitive data.
  • The incident exposes long‑standing governance and patching gaps in Berlin’s Landesnetz and risks delayed citizen services such as Wohngeld and BuT payments, prompting calls for hearings and sustained cybersecurity investment.