The ransomware group Rhysida has published nearly six terabytes of data stolen from Berlin's state administration on the dark web, spanning close to 1.44 million files, after city officials refused to pay a ransom.

The group first claimed the breach on its leak site on August 28, giving Berlin roughly a week before making good on its threat.

The hacker group wanted a ransom of 30 bitcoins, which was approximately worth 2 million euros. The timer for this expired on Friday. 

It was already known earlier by the Berlin Senate that it would not engage in any form of negotiation, and even the........

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