Security News > 2023 > May > IT giant Bitmarck shuts down customer, internal systems after cyberattack

German IT services provider Bitmarck has shut down all of its customer and internal systems, including entire datacenters in some cases, following a cyberattack.

The service provider doesn't yet have a timeline for when it expects to have all of its systems back up and running.

"Services that are already available or will be available shortly include, in particular, the digital processing of electronic certificates of incapacity for work and access to the electronic patient file," it noted, adding that other key services, including monthly transmission of statistical data, the KIM digital communication service, and health insurance companies' central processing services "Will be available again shortly."

"While its IT and security teams are"working to restore the systems as quickly as possible," it may be a while before its managed services are performing at pre-cyberattack levels," the company warned.

Even if BITMARCK is gradually providing services again for the first statutory health insurance companies and some statutory health insurance companies are hardly affected by the disruptions, there will continue to be considerable restrictions in day-to-day business for the foreseeable future.

This is due to the fact that in some cases entire BITMARCK data centers were taken offline, individual services may have to be shut down again and the restarting of individual services is associated with renewed temporary service failures.

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