Cyberattack: website of the city of Nuremberg running again

Affected by the attack were mainly interactive web services or contact forms - more than 24 hours the official site of the city was paralyzed. And this is not an isolated case.

The website of Nuremberg is not accessible. The city considers a targeted attack to be possible. This is known so far.

Nuremberg - Book an appointment for a passport extension, search for events or opening hours of urban facilities: This was temporarily not possible in Nuremberg after a hacker attack. Now the problem is fixed.

Since the early morning, the website of the city of Nuremberg is no longer accessible due to a suspected cyber attack. There are indications that there is a so-called DDOS attack behind the failure of the city portal and the information pages. DDOS stands for Distributed Denial of Service. According to the data, a server is confronted with so many requests that the amount of requests can no longer be handled and is denied by the overload of the …

Nuremberg - The website of the city of Nuremberg was not accessible for hours on Friday. Behind this could be an attack from the outside after the first investigation. Now the police are investigating.

The website of the city of Nuremberg falls out in the morning. Behind this could be an attack from the outside after first investigations. The cybercrime department of the police is switched on. Since the early morning the homepage of the city of Nuremberg is no longer accessible due to a suspected cyber attack. There are indications that behind the failure of the city portal and the information pages a DDOS attack is present, the city informs. …