Cybersecurity incident — 2020-04-09 00:00:00
Affected organization: Government of North Rhine-Westphalia
Affected country: Germany
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Message Manipulation,Exploitation of End Hosts,Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

The government of North Rhine-Westphalia, a province in western Germany, is believed to have lost tens of millions of euros through a phishing operation mimicking a website built to distribute COVID-19 aid.