Breaches and incidents
Landratsamt Cham: multi-hour DDoS disrupts county and connected municipalities
A county spokeswoman told dpa (via Antenne Bayern, 13 Oct) that a multi-hour DDoS attack on Thursday disrupted the municipal network, including several...
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What happened
- A county spokeswoman told dpa (via Antenne Bayern, 13 Oct) that a multi-hour DDoS attack on Thursday disrupted the municipal network, including several municipalities connected through the municipal authority network; no data was stolen or manipulated as far as known.
- Root cause: DDoS from a global network of compromised systems, with requests from about 50 countries, according to the county.
- No attacker named.
- IT, a specialist firm and the internet provider identified the cause by midday and activated protections; normal operations resumed gradually from the afternoon and the incident is being reported to law enforcement.