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Cyberattack on IT system of memorial sites in Brandenburg

A ransomware attack has incapacitated the IT systems of several memorial sites in Brandenburg.

11 August 2026Tagblick Newsdesk

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The Brandenburg Memorials Foundation has fallen victim to a ransomware attack that has rendered the IT systems of the affected institutions inoperable. This also raises the suspicion that data may have been compromised.

Among the memorial sites affected by the cyberattack are the memorials at Sachsenhausen and Ravensbrück. Currently, there is no detailed information available regarding the extent of the cyberattack.

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