Cybersecurity
One in ten companies affected by attacks
Around one in ten companies has been the victim of a cyber attack or similar IT security incident in the past year. This is the result of a representative survey commissioned by the TÜV association, in which 501 German companies were questioned.
"Cyber incidents are no longer an exception in the German economy, they are the rule and part of everyday life," said the President of the TÜV Association, Johannes Bussmann, in Berlin on Monday (June 12). Sooner or later, every company will be affected, he added.
From the companies' point of view, the biggest threat comes from organized cybercrime. However, so-called internal perpetrators, i.e. active or former employees of companies, or state actors also pose a threat. The fact that the number of cyberattacks against German companies has also increased since the start of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine last year fits into this picture, said Bussmann.
"Parallel to the fighting on the battlefields, a cyber war is taking place on the internet - and not just in Ukraine, but also here in Germany," said Bussmann. Cyberattacks on defense companies such as Rheinmetall are "no coincidence". Around 16 percent of all companies surveyed had accordingly recorded more attacks on themselves. More than half stated that the war had increased the risk of cyber incidents.
The consequences of such attacks are often serious: "Customer and employee services are often unavailable, production is down or sensitive data is stolen," explained the President of the TÜV Association. A good one in two companies have therefore also increased their expenditure on cybersecurity.
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