APT29 used a new backdoor variant publicly tracked as WINELOADER to target German political parties.
A Lockbit ransomware attack against German hospital network Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Ostwestfalen caused service disruptions.
For almost two decades, hackers with Snake have been forcing their way into government networks. They are considered one of the most dangerous hacker groups in the world. Who they work for, though, has always been a matter of pure speculation. But reporters with the German public broadcasters BR and WDR have discovered some clues, and they all lead to the Russian secret service FSB.
