Cybersecurity
Germany Slams Russia For Cyber Attacks on Firms, Party Officials
- German Foreign Ministry summoned Russia’s ambassador in Berlin
- Hackers targeted logistics, defense, aerospace and IT firms
Nancy Faeser
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Germany said it now has clear evidence that Russia was behind cyber attacks last year on officials in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party, as well as government departments and various companies.
“We condemn the Russian regime’s cyber attacks in the strongest possible terms,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told reporters during a visit to Prague on Friday. “These attacks are not just aimed at individual parties and politicians or individuals, but at destroying trust in our politicians.”