Berlin is being blackmailed by hackers, mayor says

August 28, 2026 · 9:29 pm 2 sources

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• Berlin is being blackmailed by hackers, mayor says
  BBC News · August 28, 2026 21:29
  Kai Wegner says the German capital and city-state would not cave in to a ransom demand for data stolen in a cyber-attack.

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• Berlin Refuses to Pay Hackers Who Stole Data From the City's State Network
  The Hacker News · August 28, 2026 21:30
  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…