Berlin Refuses to Pay Hackers Who Stole Data From the City’s State Network

Berlin Refuses to Pay Hackers Who Stole Data From the City's State Network Swati KhandelwalAug 28, 2026Data Breach / Ransomware Berlin's state government has confirmed that it is the target of an extortion attempt following the August compromise of the city's state administrative network, and said it will not meet the extortionists' demands. The same statement disclosed that forensic work had found further data outflows in the portfolio of the Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection and Environment, with the exfiltration dated between August 7 and August 12, 2026. Scope and content are still being examined, and the Senate Chancellery said personal or other non-public data cannot be excluded from what was taken. The department first reported an outflow…