City of Nuremberg Suffers Another Cyber Assault - City of Nuremberg's website undergoes another cyber-assault
The City of Nuremberg's website continues to experience partial disruptions, with essential online services remaining inaccessible due to a suspected Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. This type of attack floods a server with numerous requests, causing it to crash due to overload.
As of now, only the information pages of the city portal are accessible, while the government guide, online services, search function, and contact forms remain inoperable. The city's IT systems, however, remain unaffected by the outage.
A city spokesperson confirmed the hacker attack on the City of Nuremberg's website. This incident marks the second time this year that a German city has experienced such an attack, with the Stuttgart city government's website being targeted in a similar attack on May 1.
While there are no recent direct reports of a DDoS attack specifically targeting the city of Nuremberg’s official website in 2025, ongoing cyber threats against German municipalities necessitate robust, proactive security measures. Maintenance and security updates are routine, with best practices such as overload protection and advanced firewalls being essential for protecting municipal IT infrastructure against evolving threats.
As the city works to restore full functionality to its website, citizens are advised to check the city's official communication channels for updates and to contact local authorities via alternative means if necessary. The city's IT department is actively working to mitigate the attack and restore all services as soon as possible.
[1] Cyber attack tracking and summaries: [source] [2] Hetzner Online status updates: [source] [3] Overload protection mechanisms: [source] [4] Signaling firewalls and real-time protection solutions: [source] [5] Telecom operators and IT providers: [source]
- In light of the recent cyber attack on the City of Nuremberg's website, it's vital for the city to review and strengthen both its community policy and employment policy regarding technology, focusing on cybersecurity measures to prevent future attacks.
- Enhancing the city's IT infrastructure with advanced overload protection mechanisms, firewalls, and real-time protection solutions, as suggested in sources [3], [4], will further safeguard the city's IT systems from DDOS attacks and other evolving cyber threats, as emphasized in the ongoing updates from maintenance providers cited in source [5].
