Hacker attack on the Rhine-Palatinate district: ProSec founder Tim as an expert in the news

The News broadcast 17:30 in Sat1 reported on October 28.10.2022th, XNUMX of a hacker attack on the Rhein-Palatinate district and its district administration in Ludwigshafen. As a result of the cyber attack, the entire digital infrastructure of the district administration had been paralyzed for a good week, the program said. Our founder and professional hacker Tim was interviewed as an expert in the post about this incident.

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This is probably how the hacker attack on the Rhine-Palatinate district went

Tim explained via video conference that there are usually two ways for an attack like the one in Ludwigshafen: The attack via a technical vulnerability is less likely. More often, hackers break into the system via the human factor (e.g. through phishing emails) in order to spread there more and more, says Tim.

The aim is, on the one hand, to encrypt the system-internal data for blackmail and, on the other hand, to exfiltrate it in order to be able to additionally threaten to publish it.

The more likely and common way is the human factor.

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Rhineland-Palatinate Minister of the Interior takes responsibility for carriers

According to the article, cyber attacks are increasing in Rhineland-Palatinate: This year alone there have already been over 100 investigations in this area. The Rhineland-Palatinate Minister of the Interior, Michael Ebling, makes it clear: Administrative bodies must ensure that their systems are protected.

You can watch the whole article in the Sat1 show at 17:30 p.m. with Tim as an expert here:
Sat1 Mediathek 17:30 p.m. LIVE – Broadcast from October 28.10.2022th, XNUMX

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