Ransomware attacks on state institutions in Germany until 2021, by federal state
From 2005 to 2021, state institutions in Saxony Anhalt received the most ransomware attacks out of any federal state in Germany, with a total of 20 attacks. Ransomware is a type of cyber attack in which the attacker threatens to publish or permanently encrypt personal data unless a ransom is paid. According to the source, public officials, hospitals and police services were among those affected.