Cyberangriffe auf deutsche Kommunen im Jahr 2021

• March 2022
• Esther Kern

• BIGS Essence Number 19

2021 was not a particularly good year for the IT departments of German municipalities. This brief study examines 27 cyberattacks on German municipal administrations in the period January to December 2021. In particular, it analyzes the type of cyberattacks German municipalities had to deal with, whether certain characteristics can be identified, how high the costs were on average, and how long it took on average for municipalities to become fully operational again.

Here you can find the two appendices of the study:

1. Overview of cyber attacks on municipal administrations in Germany in 2021 (in German)
2. Overview of cyberattacks on local governments worldwide in 2021 (in German)