Widespread IT outage disrupts Bavarian justice system
A large-scale IT outage affected the Bavarian Ministry of Justice from Thursday afternoon until around midnight Friday, rendering courts and prosecution offices unreachable. Mainstream German media report the disruption stemmed from a data-centre network error affecting ministry systems; a cyber-attack cause has been raised in commentary but not confirmed. No insured loss or quantum has been reported and the affected operator is a state entity.
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Impact verdict
Low impact. Public-sector IT outage with no stated insured loss, no confirmed insured assets beyond the state operator, and no evidence of cover attaching to commercial contractors at material quantum. Cyber-attack cause is unconfirmed; reported data-centre failure is consistent with non-malicious infrastructure breakdown. No route to USD 100m of insured market loss is currently supported.
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