Hackers steal dpa payslips

The hacker group “Black Basta” has targeted an IT service provider from North Rhine-Westphalia. The German Press Agency (dpa) is also affected by the incident. According to reports, the hacker group was also able to access sensitive employee data.

Data from the German Press Agency was also lost as a result of a cyber attack on an IT service provider from North Rhine-Westphalia. Again mirror reportedthe attack for the dpa is “apparently more serious than assumed”.

Because the hackers are said to have captured sensitive data from the dpa employees. The Cybercrime Commissariat of the Hamburg State Criminal Police Office is now investigating the case.

Which dpa data is affected?

At first it was not clear “whether and which customer data” of the IT service provider was affected by the cyber attack.

Insiders go according to that mirror However, it is now assumed that the ransomware attack will also affect the dpa’s September payslips.

The dpa management and an LKA expert are said to have informed the workforce on Monday about the incident. According to this, the payslips of around 1,500 employees are affected. The hacker group is also said to have gotten their hands on sensitive data such as account numbers.

Who is behind the attack on the German Press Agency?

Again mirror further reported, the investigators assume that the hacker group “Black Basta” is behind the attack. The hacker group is said to have attacked the affected IT service provider on October 6th.

The hacking group is according to the journal Bleeding computer active since April. The car rental company Sixt is also said to have been affected by a “Black Basta” cyber attack.

“Black Basta” “attacked a relatively large number of targets within a short period of time,” he said mirror from official circles. “Ransoms in the millions” are said to have been extorted.

The group has already reported on the latest hack on the Darknet, which also affected dpa. According to investigators, it is said mirrorthe group claimed ownership of the captured data.

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