Russian secret service behind hacker attack on Federal Parliament?

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Russian secret service behind hacker attack on Federal Parliament?

Almost three weeks could the IT network of the Bundestag in the summer after a hacker attack, cannot be used. German security authorities suspect appears to be a Russian intelligence service.

The hackers, in the past year, the internal data network of the German Bundestag for weeks have attacked, acted according to Conviction of the German security on behalf of the Russian government. A high-ranking security official told the magazine “Der Spiegel”, the Cyberattacke will “clear a Russian military intelligence” attributed to.

Federal Prosecutor’s office determined

There have in the past years, multiple attacks on the same pattern. German defense contractors and other NATO countries that were have been affected, the official said. Since last week, determined the Karlsruhe-based Federal Prosecutor’s office on suspicion of secretofficial agent activity. The Federal Prosecutor have a preliminary inquiry against unknown instituted, said a spokeswoman.

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Trojans as the UN-Newsletter camouflaged

The cyber attack on the IT network of the Bundestag was in may of 2015, became known. The hackers had with a highly professional program with access to 14 Bundestagsserver gives, including on the main server with all the login data for the German Parliament. The spies had with an E-Mail address of the UN-camouflaged. The E-Mail have a Link to an alleged “UN News Bulletin”, which in reality is a malware-prepared side, have had the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” (SZ) and the broadcasters NDR and WDR in September 2015 are reported.

What information the hackers just stole, is still unclear. Already at that time was the suspicion expressed, a Russian intelligence service could be behind the attacks. The IT network of the German Federal Parliament had then for several weeks be turned off to it after the attack again to make sure.

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