Highly disruptive cyberattack hits German Chambers of Industry and Commerce

On Thursday 4th of August, the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) announced they had to shut down all of its IT systems and switch off digital services, telephones, and email servers, in response to a cyberattack to provide the IT teams time to resolve the incident and restore services. Some services have gradually become available again after the IT teams had thoroughly checked them to ensure that they would be safe to use them. However, the restoration is only partial at this time.

While the incident carries the signs of ransomware, with systems being shut down to prevent the spread of the malware, this hasn’t been officially confirmed yet. Also, there have been no announcements of successfully compromising DIHK on any of the major ransomware extortion sites.