Russia, China target German economy: Cyber attacks cost Germany almost 300 billion euros in past year, survey finds (www.bitkom.org)
from Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org to cybersecurity@infosec.pub on 18 Sep 13:30
https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/42496605

cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/42496551

Original report (pdf, only in German language available)

• Damage caused by data theft, industrial espionage and sabotage increases to 289.2 billion euros in Germany in the last 12 months, 9 in 10 companies (87%) were effected
• The largest part of the 289.2 billion euros in damages reported by the 1,002 companies polled came from concrete production losses or theft, but legal and remediation costs were also substantial
• Cyberattacks: Almost three out of four companies register increase in attacks

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The survey by Germany industry group Bitkom found that almost half of all companies that could identify the sources of attacks had traced them to Russia and China, while about a quarter traced them to other European Union countries or the United States.

In detail, of the companies affected, 46 percent have detected at least one attack from Russia (2024: 39 percent), as many from China (2024: 45 percent). Attacks from Eastern Europe outside the EU (31 percent, 2024: 32 percent), from the USA (24 percent, 2024: 25 percent), from EU countries (22 percent, 2024: 21 percent) and Germany (21 percent, 2024: 20 percent).

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