The Funke Media Group has registered Internet attacks on its websites. In the live blog of the group’s “Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung” (WAZ), which contains news about the Russian attack on Ukraine, it said on Friday evening: “The websites of the daily newspapers, magazines and reach portals of the Funke media group have been Attacked in several waves tomorrow by so-called bots.”

There is also increased bot activity on the brands’ pages in social networks. Readers would have to be prepared for this: “The attacks can sometimes delay the updating of our pages.” The media group also said that measures had been taken to ward off further attacks. Further information on the possible background was not given.