Compliance Cybersecurity Data Breaches Incident Response

Berlin Cyberattack: stolen government data triggers crisis response

Following the publication of stolen data from Berlin’s administration, a central crisis unit led by the Chief Digital Officer has been established to coordinate the response. Police, cybersecurity authorities, data protection officials and affected government departments are jointly assessing the leaked information and potential risks. IT forensic investigations remain ongoing, with security-critical data and organisations […]

GDPR Information Security Personal data Privacy

EU Age Verification under scrutiny as transparency questions remain

The European Commission’s DG CONNECT disclosed nine documents in response to an access-to-documents request, but all were already publicly available resources. No Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), internal privacy-by-design documentation, threat models, or controller-role assessments were released. DG CONNECT stated it does not hold a DPIA, arguing that responsibility lies with the future publisher of […]