Berlin Senate employee executed a command that a website politely asked him to execute. The page looked like a “verify you are human” check. It instructed to open Windows Terminal/PowerShell, paste a command and press Enter. This is what appears to lead catastrophic results. Attackers hacked the systems and exfiltrated 1.44 million, 5.8 TB. Including personnel records, applications, internal documents, emergency plans and other sensitive material.
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