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PLAIN TEXT passwords showed up on file-hosting site German chat platform Knuddels.de ("Cuddles") has been fined €20,000 for storing user passwords in plain text (no hash at all? Come on, people,...
Alice becomes Bob Germany has patched a key "e-government" service against possible impersonation attacks, and both private and public sector developers have been told to check their logs for...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday Berlin was boosting military cyber capabilities to respond to Russian hybrid warfare that is targeting its troops deployed on NATO's eastern flank. read more
A quarter of German manufacturing companies reported losing sensitive mobile phone data, according to a Bitkom survey.
DomainFactory, one of the largest web hosting companies in Germany, has suffered a data breach. The breach dates back to January 29, 2018, and the attacker had access to the following data:...
DomainFactory, a Germany-based web hosting services provider of GoDaddy-owned Host Europe Group, informed customers late last week that their personal and financial information was exposed after a...
Whistleblowers, rejoice Beating the unique identifiers that printers can add to documents for security purposes is possible: you just need to add extra dots beyond those that security tools...
Germany's spy agency can monitor major internet hubs if Berlin deems it necessary for strategic security interests, a federal court has ruled. read more
Berlin - The operator of the world's largest internet hub challenged the legality of sweeping telecoms surveillance by Germany's spy agency, a German court heard Wednesday. The BND foreign...
The Russia-linked Sofacy hacking group has breached the secure computer networks of a number of German federal agencies. The group – also known as APT28, Fancy Bear, and Pawn Storm – has been...