The Emotet encryption Trojan forced the Berlin Court of Appeals to disconnect the entire computer system from the Internet. The institution does not expect to be back online before 2020. This means that employees can currently only use their PC as a typewriter. One improvises at present and the administration of justice functions according to statement a lawyer generally also without net. Nevertheless, one was lucky, because all data are still available. The Trojan did not manage to siphon off or encrypt documents. IT managers do not yet dare to go back online with the dataset, as it is unclear whether the malware is “just lying dormant” or has been completely removed.
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