Five days after a cyberattack forced two Berlin senate administrations offline, authorities still cannot say when affected agencies will be fully operational, and housing benefit payments to more than 50,000 households remain suspended.
Governing Mayor Kai Wegner said no sensitive data had been compromised, while the state's information security commissioner noted that only freely available geodata was exfiltrated. Chief Digital Officer Florian Hauer, supported by an external U.S. provider, called it a "very serious attack." Online postal ballot applications have resumed after a brief outage, and Interior Senator Iris Spranger said the September 20 state election is not at risk.
CDU lead candidate Stefan Evers demanded a centralized digital budget and a CDO with authority across departments, while IT expert Manuel Atug criticized the state's cybersecurity posture as poorly prepared.