TechMap Live › By country › Germany

Berlin government data breach leaks 5.79 TB of information

August 31, 2026, 00:20 UTC · Berlin, Germany · Europe · no longer in the live window

A cyberattack on the Berlin state administration resulted in the loss of 5.79 TB of data, with potential personal information exposed.

This page was generated automatically by TechMap Live from a public news report published by iThome Taiwan. Coordinates and impact level are estimates — an event is usually pinned at a company's headquarters or launch site. This is an aggregation of news coverage, not original reporting — read the original report before relying on it.

Technology events in Germany

• Lidl launches 20,000 mAh Parkside battery for workshops and camping
• TP‑Link launches world’s first Wi‑Fi 8 router lineup at IFA 2026
• VW launches ID.California electric camper version of ID.Buzz
• Data breach in Berlin administration by extortion gang
• Rhysida ransomware group demands 30 Bitcoin from Berlin
• LAION drops massive open video dataset with 10 million hours of footage for AI research

Latest events

• Nightmare Eclipse publishes zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Defender
• Rheinmetall tests Battlesuite platform for controlling drones from one center
• Tesla resumes Roadster pre-orders with $50,000 deposit
• US Army contracts $10.64M for Ukrainian-made Skyetion Raybird drones
• North Korea-linked hackers infect 30,000 devices via fake coding tests
• Moonshot AI supplies Kimi K3 model to AWS
• NASA awards SpaceX $946 million for three crewed ISS missions
• LG Display unveils first 24.5‑inch OLED panel with 720 Hz refresh