Ransomware attacks increased by 236 percent in 2025, with new actors like Qilin and Akira taking the lead, and Germany among the most affected countries worldwide with 433 cases.
API security incidents in Germany cost companies an average of €470,000 per incident, with authorization gaps and misconfigurations being the most common causes.
The IHK Regensburg emphasizes that NIS2 compliance and cybercrime prevention are closely intertwined and require a strengthened governance role for management.
The EU imposes sanctions on Russia for coordinated cyberattacks carried out jointly by intelligence agencies and criminal actors, also targeting German institutions.
Planned reforms of the Intelligence Services Act are intended to grant BND and Constitutional Protection Service explicit offensive cyber capabilities, including zero-day exploitation, and place the BSI structurally under their control.
Users of AI standard software are considered responsible parties for high-risk systems under the EU AI Act and are subject to the same compliance requirements as developers.
