Rheinische Post Mediengruppe - The Cyber Security Incident Database (CSIDB)

Profile

Primary URL: rp-medien[.]de
Location: Germany
Sector: Communications
Known incidents: 1 incident
Updated: 2026-09-22 02:58
Aliases: 2 aliases

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Profile narrative

Rheinische Post Mediengruppe is a German media organisation identified by the aliases Rheinische Post Mediengruppe and Rp Online. It is headquartered in Germany and operates in the regional news publishing sector. Its core activity is the publication and distribution of regional journalism through digital news services, including online news offerings and ePaper services. The organisation’s market is regional news readership in Germany, with a digital footprint that includes multiple regional news websites.

The available information does not provide employee numbers, revenue, circulation figures, or audience reach. It does confirm that the organisation’s digital operations extend across numerous regional websites, because a cyber attack affecting its IT service provider caused widespread technical issues across those sites. This indicates that its online publishing activities are distributed across several regional properties rather than limited to a single web presence.

A distinguishing attribute of Rheinische Post Mediengruppe is its focus on regional media delivery, combining editorial publishing with digital access to newspaper content. The June 2023 cyber incident highlighted the organisation’s dependence on external IT service providers for parts of its digital operations. In that incident, Circ IT, an IT service provider serving the group, was targeted, leading to regional news websites being offline or severely limited. The organisation stated that no user data was accessed and brought in external security experts to support restoration of secure operations.

No explicit ownership, parent-company, or subsidiary information is provided in the supplied material. Circ IT is described as an IT service provider serving Rheinische Post Mediengruppe, but no ownership relationship between the two is stated. The confirmed profile is therefore that of a Germany-based regional media publisher with significant digital news operations and a documented exposure to supply-chain cyber risk through an external IT provider.

Incidents

1 incident linked to this organisation.