Cybersecurity incident — 2020-01-24 00:00:00
Affected organization: City of Potsdam
Affected country: Germany
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

The City of Potsdam severs the administration servers' Internet connection following a ransomware attack carried out exploiting the CVE-2019-1978 vulnerability.