{"id":27999,"date":"2019-07-13T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perseus.de\/hacker-attacks-on-german-industry-was-it-winnti\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T07:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:52:14","slug":"hacker-attacks-on-german-industry-was-it-winnti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perseus.de\/en\/hacker-attacks-on-german-industry-was-it-winnti\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacker attacks on German industry \u2013 was it Winnti?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27999\" class=\"elementor elementor-27999 elementor-22843\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcf4ec4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dcf4ec4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1db58c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1db58c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gefahrenwarnung-Headerbild-Website-2025-1024x256.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-27799\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gefahrenwarnung-Headerbild-Website-2025-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gefahrenwarnung-Headerbild-Website-2025-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gefahrenwarnung-Headerbild-Website-2025-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Gefahrenwarnung-Headerbild-Website-2025.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1258a43 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1258a43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2de4e88 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2de4e88\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4982c80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4982c80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>26.07.2019<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8348bc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8348bc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hacker attacks on German industry \u2013 was it Winnti?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb03842 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb03842\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91d0988 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91d0988\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>According to media reports, hacker attacks on German companies, including at least six DAX companies, have occurred on an enlarged scale in recent years. The hacker group &#8220;Winnti&#8221; often appears in the press. But who is that?  <\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f85a5ad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f85a5ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fad2031 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fad2031\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8282d30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8282d30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What happened?<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee744d2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ee744d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ea6506 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ea6506\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to media reports, hacker attacks on German companies, including at least six DAX companies, have occurred on an enlarged scale in recent years. The research of the<a href=\"https:\/\/interaktiv.br.de\/winnti\/\"> Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)<\/a> had the result that the possibly Chinese hacker group &#8220;Winnti&#8221; and with the malware of the same name was behind it. <\/p><p>Among the affected companies were also well-known DAX companies such as Bayer, Thyssen Krupp, BASF and Siemens. Nothing is currently known about data leaks or the companies are keeping a low profile. According to an analysis by BR and NDR, in which IT security experts were also consulted, the motives are industrial and political espionage. The nature of the attacks, the goals and the way the malware is programmed suggest that the perpetrator is the hacker group &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winnti\">Winnti<\/a>&#8220;.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1dfa8e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f1dfa8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf4f09a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bf4f09a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a82985c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a82985c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-482032b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"482032b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5f6a5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5f6a5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>How does &#8220;Winnti&#8221; work?<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d18daf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d18daf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Blog-Header-Winnti-600x339-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-27998\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Blog-Header-Winnti-600x339-1.png 600w, https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Blog-Header-Winnti-600x339-1-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f5d6ed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f5d6ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-057f5b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"057f5b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has already mentioned the hacker group Winnti in its<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmi.bund.de\/SharedDocs\/downloads\/DE\/publikationen\/themen\/it-digitalpolitik\/bsi-lagebericht-2017.pdf\"> 2017 IT security status report<\/a> . Since the summer of 2016, an increasing number of observed cyber espionage attacks against commercial enterprises in Germany has been observed. It is assumed, especially in media reports, that these are Asian hacker groups. By redirecting traffic to the control servers of the perpetrators, secret industrial and economic data, as well as political secrets, are spied on.   <\/p><p>In order to manipulate the systems and infiltrate <a href=\"http:\/\/52.57.197.213\/2022\/04\/26\/schadprogramme-malware\/\">malware<\/a> undetected, the cybercriminals send e-mails with infected attachments or links. This opens a backdoor for hackers into their victim&#8217;s IT and the information can be tapped unnoticed. Such attacks can only be fended off by a combination of human and technical prevention. It is up to companies to take the necessary technical and organizational measures and protect themselves against cybercriminals.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26.07.2019 Hacker attacks on German industry \u2013 was it Winnti? According to media reports, hacker attacks on German companies, including at least six DAX companies, have occurred on an enlarged scale in recent years. The hacker group &#8220;Winnti&#8221; often appears in the press. But who is that? What happened? 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