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Bitmarck & health insurance companies: There are still failures

June 5, 2023

More than 2 months ago, the IT provider for dozens of health insurance companies and company health insurance companies, Bitmarck, was hit by a cyber attack. Entire data centers even had to be shut down. The repairs are still ongoing. The attack on the IT service provider Bitmarck was so severe that in the first few weeks hardly any company health insurance could be contacted normally. Usually only hastily installed emergency numbers worked. E-mail communication and access to patient files was not possible at all. However, the repairs seem to be progressing quickly. At least many cash registers can now be reached normally again. However, the website of the cash registers still reports restrictions,…

ITZ Bund: Cyber attack on federal IT service providers

11 May 2023

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According to the BR and the Tagesschau, there were cyber attacks on three IT service providers of the ITZ Bund, which is responsible for 200 federal and state authorities, by the end of April. The attacks “very likely” leaked large amounts of e-mail communication and probably also personal data. Now the picture is clear as to why exactly the external service providers Materna, Init and adesso were attacked. The federal IT service provider ITZ Bund (Information Technology Center Bund) has not published any official report on the cyber attacks to date. The BR and the Tagesschau probably have a message from the Federal Information Technology Center (ITZ Bund) from…

Bitmarck: Health insurance services further disrupted

3 May 2023

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As the IT service provider Bitmarck reports, the cyber attack on it was so severe that in some cases entire data centers had to be taken offline. Some services remain disrupted, the Siemens company health insurance company (SBK) continues to have a complete failure of its customer communication. A few days ago, the IT service provider Bitmarck was hit by a cyber attack. The company supplies over 80 health insurance companies and associations with IT services. As the company itself reports, there is still no end in sight to the disruptions, even if BITMARCK is gradually providing services again for the first statutory health insurance companies. 80 health insurance companies partially affected The big problem at the moment:…

Cyber attack on IT service providers of 80 German health insurance companies

30 April 2023

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The IT service provider Bitmarck, which is managed with the exclusive participation of health insurance companies and associations, was the victim of a cyber attack. Bitmarck sells and develops software that is used by health insurance companies to manage the data of more than 25 million patients. According to Bitmarck, it has taken systems offline, including its regular website. The disruption at Bitmarck is said to be so massive that the health insurance companies cannot use certain services. These problems will probably not be solved anytime soon. The IT service provider provides software services for over 80 health insurance companies and associations. After all, he is himself...

Cyber attack on Rheinmetall

16 April 2023

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Since Rheinmetall's Vehicle Systems, Weapon and Ammunition departments are well protected against cyber attacks, attackers attack various subsidiaries in the civilian division and have probably also paralyzed some of them. That sounds like a classic supply chain attack. To date, there is no information about the cyber attack on the Rheinmetall website or on the subpages of the subsidiaries. But according to Spiegel and other media, various subsidiaries have been hit by cyber attacks. According to Echo24.de, a Rheinmetall spokesman is said to have confirmed the IT incident in the group's civilian business. The Rheinmetall departments most sought after by hackers, Vehicle…

Cyber attack: IT service provider Materna continues to struggle with consequences

9 April 2023

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When the hunter becomes the hunted: The international IT service provider Materna fell victim to a cyber attack on March 25 and is still dealing with the consequences to this day. The piquant thing about it: In 2022, the Austrian IT security specialist Radar Cyber Security was taken over in order to be able to offer customers an improved defense service. What exactly happened at the end of March at the IT consultancy Materna SE from Dortmund, with annual sales of around 400 million, can only be guessed at. The company has been reporting on its website for weeks that it has become the target of a professionally designed network-level cyber attack.

APT: TA473 attacks NATO allies, officials and structures

7 April 2023

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Proofpoint's security experts have uncovered a new cyber campaign that is particularly targeting NATO allies. The TA473 hacker group, an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor, is using an IT vulnerability called "Zimbra vulnerability" (CVE-2022-27926) for its current campaign. The target of their attacks are publicly accessible webmail portals hosted by Zimbra (the Zimbra Collaboration Suite is an e-mail and groupware solution). As part of their activities, the attackers attempt to gain access to e-mails related to the war between Russia and Ukraine from military, governmental and diplomatic organizations in Europe. The APT group TA473 is also…

Cyber attack on Helmholtz Zentrum München

March 30, 2023

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As early as March 15, the Helmholtz Zentrum München could no longer be reached. A cyber attack paralyzed everything. According to the police, officials had to be sent to ask because nobody was available. The world-renowned Helmholtz Institute has 18 research locations in Germany covering a huge range of topics, such as energy, earth and the environment, health, information, aviation, space travel and transport. On March 15, a cyber attack paralyzed the Munich branch of the Helmholtz Institute, the research center for environmental health. According to information from various media, most of the…

Cyber victims: three out of ten medium-sized companies affected

March 1, 2023

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As the current KfW SME panel shows: Cybercrime particularly affects the pioneers of digitization. Three out of ten medium-sized companies fell victim to cyber attacks in the years 2018 to 2020. However, the protective measures are insufficient in view of the large attack surface for cyber attacks. Around 29% of all medium-sized companies in Germany fell victim to cybercrime in the years 2018-2020. The concern increases with the breadth and intensity of digitization activities and the size of medium-sized companies. The main reason for this is a combination of a larger attack surface for these companies and insufficient protective measures. This is shown by a special evaluation of the…

Russian APT group Gamaredon attacks Ukraine

9 January 2023

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Russian cyberwar operations by Trident Ursa or APT Gamaredon have remained active since the Ukraine invasion. In addition, there was an attempted attack on a major oil refinery in a NATO member state. Ukraine has faced escalating cyber threats from Russia since early February, when Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 reported extensively on the APT group Trident Ursa (aka Gamaredon, UAC-0010, Primitive Bear, Shuckworm). Trident Ursa is a group affiliated with the Russian domestic intelligence agency FSB. As the conflict continues on the ground and in cyberspace, Trident Ursa remains...

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Bitmarck & health insurance companies: There are still failures

ITZ Bund: Cyber attack on federal IT service providers

Bitmarck: Health insurance services further disrupted

Cyber attack on IT service providers of 80 German health insurance companies

Cyber attack on Rheinmetall

Cyber attack: IT service provider Materna continues to struggle with consequences

APT: TA473 attacks NATO allies, officials and structures

Cyber attack on Helmholtz Zentrum München

Cyber victims: three out of ten medium-sized companies affected

Russian APT group Gamaredon attacks Ukraine

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