A German federal survey estimated that 18% of residents aged 16 and older were affected by cybercrime in 2023, providing a defined measure beside a separate expert estimate with unspecified scope.
The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) said its Sicherheit und Kriminalität in Deutschland 2024 survey collected 60,837 evaluable interviews in its 2024 wave. The 18% estimate covers residents aged 16 and older who were affected by cybercrime in 2023. It measures one year of reported experience, not lifetime or global exposure.
In an interview Euronews published Nov. 11, cybersecurity expert Marco Di Filippo of Whitelisthackers said one in two people faced cyberattack risk. The report gave no population, time frame or method for that estimate. Di Filippo also told Euronews that people were involved in 80% to 95% of attacks, but the interview offered no methodology for that range. The figures cannot be directly compared: the BKA result covers a defined population and year, while the interview estimate states neither. In Euronews’ English rendering, Di Filippo said, “The human factor has to be included, we cannot manage it with technology alone.”
France’s Établissement français du sang (EFS), the blood service, said a cyber incident on Nov. 2 at a refrigeration equipment provider affected cold-room monitoring and controls at three sites. Temperature and defrost thresholds rose to high settings, the EFS said. Staff acted in time to secure or move the products, and the agency reported no blood-product losses or identified health effects. Euronews reported that some donations became unusable, a version that differs from the EFS statement.
Berlin’s government said an attack affecting part of its administration network was discovered Aug. 14. A group calling itself Rhysida demanded 30 Bitcoin (BTC), which Berlin’s Senate valued at about €2 million. After the Senate refused payment, 1.4 million data records were published. The government accounts stop short of describing Rhysida’s entry point. Florian Hauer, Berlin’s chief digital officer, said the city would not pay the ransom.
