Cyberattack encrypts systems at Bavarian municipal utility
Hackers encrypted the central IT network of Bavarian utility Stadtwerke Landsberg, disrupting office systems but not electricity or water services.
Stadtwerke Landsberg said hackers encrypted its central IT network overnight on Sept. 1, prompting disconnection from the internet, crisis-team activation and external forensic support. Essential electricity and water services were unaffected, but staff availability was limited and customer data such as names, addresses and bank details may have been accessed. No ransomware group was named and no extortion demand was confirmed. The attack follows a similar late-June encryption incident at a North Rhine-Westphalia municipal utility, and the BSI consistently ranks ransomware among Germany's most serious cyber threats.
- Utility disconnected affected systems and engaged external cybersecurity specialists.
- Attackers may have accessed customer data including bank details; forensics ongoing.
- Similar June attack disrupted another German municipal utility for weeks.
- Victims
- Stadtwerke Landsberg
- Organizations
- BSI
- Countries
- Germany
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2 min read at therecord.mediaA municipal utility in Bavaria is recovering from a cyberattack that encrypted its internal IT systems but did not affect water and electricity services.
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