German Rail Giant Deutsche Bahn Hit by Large-Scale DDoS Attack

Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s national rail operator, has been dealing with a large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that has disrupted some of its IT systems. 

Regular status updates from Deutsche Bahn indicated that the attack began on February 17 and continued into February 18.

According to the rail giant, the attack came in waves and its scale is substantial. The DDoS attack disrupted Deutsche Bahn’s information and ticketing systems, including its websites and the DB Navigator app.

At the time of writing Deutsche Bahn is no longer reporting any disruptions, but the organization’s websites still appear to be intermittently inaccessible.

It’s unclear who is behind the attack and what their motivation is. Deutsche Bahn said it would not comment on the matter.

However, it’s worth noting that in the past years German transportation and other critical infrastructure organizations have been targeted with DDoS attacks by threat ...