The Qilin ransomware group has stolen data from the German political party Die Linke and is threatening to publish the stolen information. Die Linke confirmed a cyber incident after the compromise, reported no impact to its membership database, filed a police complaint, and noted Qilin added the party to its leak site on April 1st. #Qilin #DieLinke
Keypoints
- Qilin claims responsibility and listed Die Linke on its data leak site.
- Die Linke disclosed a cyber incident on March 27 but did not confirm the full extent of a breach.
- The party stated its membership database was not accessed by the attackers.
- Die Linke filed a criminal complaint and is working with independent IT experts to restore affected systems.
- German officials highlighted prior targeting of political parties by Russia-linked actors such as APT29.