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Allegedly hackers gained access to data about true DSL speeds in Berlin's households, waiting times for Anmeldung, and scandalous ratio of rental deposit return

Allegedly hackers gained access to data about true DSL speeds in Berlin's households, waiting times for Anmeldung, and scandalous ratio of rental deposit returns from landlords. In short Berlin is cooked but it also always has been.

bewareofscams 17d ago
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- dudefeliciano 17d ago
  Interesting how all those flagged comments contribute nothing (as does yours), are gleeful in an antisocial way about leaked data, and the accounts posting them are all less than a month old (including yours).
  - dashdashu 16d ago
    well, it would be foolish to think only reddit and other social media platforms are overrun with bots wanting to manipulate, shift sentiment and manufacture dissent.
    - bewareofscams 16d ago
      it would also be foolish to think the sets "humans" and "those who write germany is a backwards country" never overlap. (I've used "write" to account for bots in the latter set too).
  - Towaway69 16d ago
    Who is being anti-social? Those that gleefully damning Berlin for its incompetence or those that caused the incompetence? The politicians who go play tennis while Berlin burns?[0] Politics in Germany and Berlin specifically has been extremely anti-social. From referendums[1] that get ignored to a decades old housing problem from which investors are the only benefactors. To positive social movements such as "zu Verschenken"[2] that get banned[3] ... because well ... because you're not meant to share. I think the anti-social label is well earned on both sides of the fence. Only the politicians are meant to serve those that voted for them, not serve themselves. The irony is that SAP/Oracle/MS/BCG and co. will benefit from this because the city will now spend more money on consultants that were meant to prevent this. "Nice data you have there, shame if it leaked like last time. How about some more licenses or consultants?" [0] https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/berlin-buergermeister-kai-wegner-spielte-offenbar-tennis-waehrend-des-stromausfalls-a-3631e5a4-4bba-4d2d-837c-77bc5f180083 https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/berlin-buergermeister-kai-we... (german) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Wohnen_%26_Co._enteignen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Wohnen_%26_Co._enteig... [2] https://www.lostinberlin.com/the-zu-verschenken-culture-in-berlin/ https://www.lostinberlin.com/the-zu-verschenken-culture-in-b... [3] https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2025/08/berlin-bussgeld-katalog-verschenke-kisten.html https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2025/08/berlin-bussgel... (german)
    - dudefeliciano 16d ago
      Everything you say is true but obviously I am talking about the people putting their Schadenfreude on display. Do you think Berliners are happy that the referendums they voted for are getting ignored? The current mayors party has the lowest approval ratings ever. The current chancellor of the same party is the most hated in German history. And then come some big-shots here talking about how it's well-deserved that a city of 4 million people got hacked and who knows what data leaked.
      - inigyou 16d ago
        Berliners know how to create change, as seen by history. They're currently not. Can we infer they don't want change?
        dudefeliciano 16d ago
        Because large heterogeneous groups of people can be simply put in a basket together.
      - Towaway69 16d ago
        Perhaps german culture is to blame, one of "Schadenfreude" and of "Verbieten" and of "Authority knows best" and no one seriously challenging those in "Authority". Germany is still a very much top-down society where people get talked down to and only those with the right connections (i.e. financial or educational or heritage) get taken seriously. Spend time in any english speaking place and you still - might - notice a difference how the media interacts with those in power and more importantly, how the media interacts with their audience. German media very much talks down to its audience and up to those in power. P.S. What I learnt today is that the head of the BSI is Claudia Plattner and the founder of SAP is Hasso Plattner - Coincidence? Relation? ~~What a surprise! Again is this a sign that security is taken seriously or that connections count?~~ No relation, mea culpa.
        dudefeliciano 16d ago
        Again, I don't completely disagree with you but your comments are out of place when talking about damage done to innocent people, even if (or especially since) it was caused those corrupt people at the top. > Coincidence? Relation? https://rp-online.de/politik/deutschland/claudia-plattner-die-neue-chefin-der-deutschen-cyber-abwehr_aid-93355515 https://rp-online.de/politik/deutschland/claudia-plattner-di...
- OKRainbowKid 16d ago
  I live in Berlin. I am not in any way associated with the administration and whatever suppliers they work with. How do I deserve to potentially have my data leaked and why are you cheering for it?

bewareofscams 17d ago

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dudefeliciano 17d ago
Interesting how all those flagged comments contribute nothing (as does yours), are gleeful in an antisocial way about leaked data, and the accounts posting them are all less than a month old (including yours).
- dashdashu 16d ago
  well, it would be foolish to think only reddit and other social media platforms are overrun with bots wanting to manipulate, shift sentiment and manufacture dissent.
  - bewareofscams 16d ago
    it would also be foolish to think the sets "humans" and "those who write germany is a backwards country" never overlap. (I've used "write" to account for bots in the latter set too).
- Towaway69 16d ago
  Who is being anti-social? Those that gleefully damning Berlin for its incompetence or those that caused the incompetence? The politicians who go play tennis while Berlin burns?[0] Politics in Germany and Berlin specifically has been extremely anti-social. From referendums[1] that get ignored to a decades old housing problem from which investors are the only benefactors. To positive social movements such as "zu Verschenken"[2] that get banned[3] ... because well ... because you're not meant to share. I think the anti-social label is well earned on both sides of the fence. Only the politicians are meant to serve those that voted for them, not serve themselves. The irony is that SAP/Oracle/MS/BCG and co. will benefit from this because the city will now spend more money on consultants that were meant to prevent this. "Nice data you have there, shame if it leaked like last time. How about some more licenses or consultants?" [0] https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/berlin-buergermeister-kai-wegner-spielte-offenbar-tennis-waehrend-des-stromausfalls-a-3631e5a4-4bba-4d2d-837c-77bc5f180083 https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/berlin-buergermeister-kai-we... (german) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Wohnen_%26_Co._enteignen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Wohnen_%26_Co._enteig... [2] https://www.lostinberlin.com/the-zu-verschenken-culture-in-berlin/ https://www.lostinberlin.com/the-zu-verschenken-culture-in-b... [3] https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2025/08/berlin-bussgeld-katalog-verschenke-kisten.html https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2025/08/berlin-bussgel... (german)
  - dudefeliciano 16d ago
    Everything you say is true but obviously I am talking about the people putting their Schadenfreude on display. Do you think Berliners are happy that the referendums they voted for are getting ignored? The current mayors party has the lowest approval ratings ever. The current chancellor of the same party is the most hated in German history. And then come some big-shots here talking about how it's well-deserved that a city of 4 million people got hacked and who knows what data leaked.
    - inigyou 16d ago
      Berliners know how to create change, as seen by history. They're currently not. Can we infer they don't want change?
      - dudefeliciano 16d ago
        Because large heterogeneous groups of people can be simply put in a basket together.
    - Towaway69 16d ago
      Perhaps german culture is to blame, one of "Schadenfreude" and of "Verbieten" and of "Authority knows best" and no one seriously challenging those in "Authority". Germany is still a very much top-down society where people get talked down to and only those with the right connections (i.e. financial or educational or heritage) get taken seriously. Spend time in any english speaking place and you still - might - notice a difference how the media interacts with those in power and more importantly, how the media interacts with their audience. German media very much talks down to its audience and up to those in power. P.S. What I learnt today is that the head of the BSI is Claudia Plattner and the founder of SAP is Hasso Plattner - Coincidence? Relation? ~~What a surprise! Again is this a sign that security is taken seriously or that connections count?~~ No relation, mea culpa.
      - dudefeliciano 16d ago
        Again, I don't completely disagree with you but your comments are out of place when talking about damage done to innocent people, even if (or especially since) it was caused those corrupt people at the top. > Coincidence? Relation? https://rp-online.de/politik/deutschland/claudia-plattner-die-neue-chefin-der-deutschen-cyber-abwehr_aid-93355515 https://rp-online.de/politik/deutschland/claudia-plattner-di...
OKRainbowKid 16d ago
I live in Berlin. I am not in any way associated with the administration and whatever suppliers they work with. How do I deserve to potentially have my data leaked and why are you cheering for it?