Presumed DDoS attack: Websites of several railroad companies unavailable
A DDoS attack paralyzes several rail providers in the north. Travelers have to look for information elsewhere and use DB Navigator, for example.
For Metronom customers, knowledge about travel times may be a little foggy.
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For rail travelers in the north, there is currently only limited information on Metronom trains. The websites of the providers Enno and Erixx are also unavailable. The three companies in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein use the same server, according to the Hamburger Abendblatt. Other apps such as the DB Navigator or the timetable planner app of the Bremen/Lower Saxony transport association provide a remedy.
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According to dpa information, this is a DDoS attack by a botnet. The attacks have been going on since Monday at 16:45, as Simon Märtens, spokesman for the Metronom railroad company in Uelzen, told the Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper. Various countermeasures have been attempted, but "the whole thing is very dynamic", according to the spokesman.
According to the Abendblatt, the company is considering legal action. Customer data is not affected and the outages are not causing any restrictions to train services. The problems could last until the weekend.
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