{"id":43907,"date":"2026-02-19T16:47:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/?p=43907"},"modified":"2026-02-19T12:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:40:06","slug":"cyberattack-on-german-railways-part-of-the-kremlins-hybrid-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/international-threats-en\/europe\/cyberattack-on-german-railways-part-of-the-kremlins-hybrid-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyberattack on German railways \u2014 part of the kremlin&#8217;s hybrid warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Germany\u2019s railway operator, Deutsche Bahn, has been targeted by a large-scale cyberattack, reportedly potentially linked to russian hackers.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f As a result of a series of DDoS attacks, the ticket booking system and passenger information services were paralyzed, disrupting the operation of critical transport infrastructure in one of the EU\u2019s largest economies.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f Based on their characteristics and technical tools, similar attacks have repeatedly been associated with hacker groups controlled by russian intelligence services, including APT28 and NoName057(16). Their activities form part of russia\u2019s hybrid strategy aimed at destabilizing European Union member states.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f The objective of such operations is to undermine public trust in state institutions and create a sense of chaos and vulnerability. It is also important to note that disruptions to railway operations affect not only passenger transportation but also military logistics and commercial supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>The cyberattack on Deutsche Bahn represents a continuation of the kremlin\u2019s hybrid measures against Europe. This systematic policy by russia requires a coordinated response from the EU, including new sanctions against russia and strengthened cybersecurity measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany\u2019s railway operator, Deutsche Bahn, has been targeted by a large-scale cyberattack, reportedly potentially linked to russian hackers. \u25ab\ufe0f As a result of a series of DDoS attacks, the ticket booking system and passenger information services were paralyzed, disrupting the operation of critical transport infrastructure in one of the EU\u2019s largest economies. \u25ab\ufe0f Based on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","wds_primary_category":932,"footnotes":""},"categories":[932],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}