A British man admitted in a Cologne court on Friday to staging a large-scale cyber attack on Deutsche Telekom last year, saying he was acting for a Liberian client.
The German domestic security watchdog warned Tuesday that the country's political system was likely to face cyberattacks from Russia in the run-up to September's general election.
The German military (Bundeswehr) on Wednesday is launching a brand new “cyber army” to fight against digital attacks on networks and weapons systems. But some are concerned about how this new unit might engage in cyber assaults itself.
As German politicians voice ever more wariness about Russia's potential to interfere in next year's German election, a spokesman for the Kremlin has called such concerns "nonsense".
The German Federal Office of Civil Protection (BBK) warned that hackers like No-Name-Crew, who recently penetrated German police databases, could target softer, civilian targets.
Chinese cyber attacks on German computers rose sharply in number last year and included attempted penetrations of government ministers’ PCs, according to a Wednesday media report.
The German domestic intelligence agency, or <i>Verfassungsschutz</i>, has warned mid-sized companies to be more vigilant of cyber-attacks, which increased in 2010.
The number of cyber-attacks on German government computers has risen dramatically in 2010 and authorities suspect Chinese government hackers are behind the assault, the media reported Monday.
