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Die Linke German political party confirms data stolen by Qilin ransomware

Friday, April 3, 2026 at 04:36 PM UTC·Source: BleepingComputer

Updated: Friday, April 3, 2026 at 09:52 PM UTC

Executive Summary

The Qilin ransomware group has claimed responsibility for an attack against Die Linke ('The Left'), forcing an IT systems outage at the political party, and threatening sensitive data leak. [...]

Analysis

The Qilin ransomware group has claimed responsibility for an attack against Die Linke ('The Left'), forcing an IT systems outage at the political party, and threatening sensitive data leak. [...]
Source Attribution

Originally published by BleepingComputer on Apr 3, 2026.

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