timeline since the cyber attack on 15 June 2023
week 16/2024
beamlines in operation: 60%
week 08/2024
beamlines in operation: 45%
week 07/2024
original HZB-website back online and access to GATE open for the beamtime applications (with 2 factor authentication)
week 02/2024
Launch of the call for proposals (2024-II)
Beamlines in operation: 33%
week 46
Open letter to BESSY II users
week 44
Start of transfer for all beamlines into the new robust, full-featured IT-Infrastructure with two pilot-beamlines (one dipole, one undulator)
Restart user operation at beamlines with already independent network structures
Beamlines in operation: 20%
week 43
GATE accessible (internal use only)
week 42
LAN available
network communication between HZB computers reestablished
week 38
Launch of the current temporary HZB website
week 28
WiFi reestablished
still no network communication between HZB computers possible
Rollout of a new email system
no access to all previous emails or contacts available
week 27
BESSY II light source in operation again
PTB beamlines and BAMline in operation thanks to their independent network
week 26
Limited internet access reestablished
no network communication between HZB computers possible
Task force Restart BESSY II:
concept for recommissioning of beamlines based on cyber security measures for the IT infrastructure
week 24
Cyber attack
all systems were shut down