Bottom line: The city of Freiburg's IT systems were encrypted by a sophisticated cyberattack on August 10, 2022, with attackers demanding a $10 million ransom in Bitcoin.
What's happening:
Cyberattack encrypts systems at Bavarian municipal utility
A cyberattack on August 10, 2022, encrypted the internal IT systems of the city of Freiburg, in southern Bavaria, using the AES-256 algorithm and exploiting the CVE-2022-22943 vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server.
Source: The Record