German government authorities are targeted by 800 hacker attacks every day.

Omissions

• No primary source (BSI, BMI, BKA, Eurostat-like official statistics) and no independent secondary source was found confirming the claimed figure of 800 hacker attacks per day on German government authorities.
• The closest related figures found: 'mehr als 20 hochspezialisierte Angriffe auf das Regierungsnetz' per day (BSI president, 2016, via Die Zeit), about 390,000 new malware programs per day and 800 million known malware samples (BSI president, 2018, via DW), and 119 new security vulnerabilities per day on average (BSI-Lagebericht 2025 via security-insider).
• The search limit (4 queries) was reached before a definitive figure for daily attacks on German government authorities could be located; the claim may stem from a speech or parliamentary answer not indexed in the searches performed.
• No evidence was found that the 800/day figure is false either; therefore the claim can neither be confirmed nor refuted with the available sources.

Sources

• PrimaryBKA — Bundeslagebild Cybercrime 2024In Germany, 950 ransomware attacks were reported nationwide in 2024 (down from 1,018 cases in 2023) — a national annual figure, not a daily count of 800 attacks on government authorities.
• PrimaryBMI — Pressemitteilung Bundeslagebild Cybercrime 2025In 2025, 1,041 ransomware attacks were reported in Germany, an increase of 10 percent compared with the previous year; companies are particularly affected. (Annual reported-case figures, not 800 daily attacks on government authorities.)
• SecondaryDie Zeit — 'Täglich mehr als 20 Angriffe auf das Regierungsnetz'BSI president Arne Schönbohm (2016): 'Und wir stellen jeden Tag allein mehr als 20 hochspezialisierte Angriffe auf das Regierungsnetz fest.' (More than 20 highly specialized attacks per day on the federal government network — a figure far below 800 and limited to the Regierungsnetz.)
• SecondaryDeutsche Welle — 'Gefahr durch Cyber-Angriffe wächst'BSI president Arne Schönbohm: his agency knows 800 million malware programs; about 390,000 new ones are added per day. (Different metric — malware programs, not attacks on government authorities.)
• Secondarysecurity-insider.de — 'BSI-Lagebericht 2025: Mehr Schwachstellen in Deutschland'BSI-Lagebericht 2025: on average 119 new security vulnerabilities are discovered per day (+24% versus the previous year); authorities are increasingly becoming victims of attacks. (No figure of 800 daily attacks on authorities.)