2024-05-14 07:32:12
“In the last year, we have recorded twice as many attacks from Russia,” CEO Bernhard Rohleder told German public broadcaster ZDF on Monday morning.
According to him, also 50 percent confirmed cases from China have increased. According to the director of Bitkom, 80 percent companies that were attacked were targeted by Russia.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) President Holger Münch plan to present the 2023 National Cybercrime Situation Report on Monday.
Crimes committed from abroad or from an unknown location have been on the rise for several years, emphasized the BKA’s preliminary report. The damage caused by cybercrime to German companies is also increasing.
“Cyber, that is, digital attacks alone cost 148 billion dollars a year. EUR damage, said the head of Bitkom. “It’s a very large amount.” Organized crime, as well as foreign intelligence services, are often behind these attacks, he added.
“Some of them are after money,” Rohleder said, adding that other criminals want to do as much damage as possible to critical infrastructure such as power supplies or hospitals.
“There are also those, especially private individuals, who just want to have fun,” he said.
2024-05-14 07:32:12