Ransomware attack on price comparison portal "guenstiger.de"
The price comparison platform guenstiger.de has been affected by a ransomware incident. As a result, all systems were shut down.
(Image: guenstiger.de)
The price comparison platform guenstiger.de suffered a ransomware incident at its Hamburg site during the night of April 23. Data was encrypted in the process. It is not yet possible to make any reliable statements about the extent and scope of the incident. According to guenstiger.de, IT immediately disconnected all systems from the Internet and shut down the data center after the attack became known to prevent the ransomware from spreading further.
“Data loss has occurred as a result of the attack,” says guenstiger.de Managing Director Harald Schiffauer. “There are therefore currently technical restrictions on the website and in communication with us.” One visible effect of the incident: The guenstiger price tables in articles on heise online and on other partner sites of the company are partially missing data, and product images are loading with a delay. The business customers of guenstiger.de have already been informed directly as far as possible and notified on LinkedIn, as has the Hamburg Data Protection Commissioner Thomas Fuchs.
Transparency notice: heise is a shareholder of guenstiger.de.
(mack)
