5.7TB of hacked Berlin data dumped on dark web; experts call risk moderate, forgetting AI exists
kimmonismus · x · 2026-09-05
The Rhysida hacker group leaked roughly 5.7TB of highly sensitive Berlin government data—including classified material—onto the dark web. The author mocks security experts rating the risk as moderate because criminals would "first have to sift through all the data," apparently unaware that AI can triage massive datasets in minutes.
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