German govt. under cyber attacks from other states: BfV chief

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http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/184943/

PanARMENIAN.Net
November 19, 2014

German government and business computers are coming under increasing cyber 
attacks every day from other states' spy agencies, especially those of 
Russia and China, Germany's domestic intelligence (BfV) chief said on 
Tuesday, Nov 18, according to Reuters.

Addressing a cybersecurity conference in Berlin, Hans Georg Maassen said 
that of an estimated 3,000 daily attacks by hackers or criminals on German 
government systems, around five were the handiwork of intelligence 
services. The latter are so sophisticated that they can easily be 
overlooked, he added.

"We have seen that there are ever more frequent attacks by foreign 
intelligence agencies on the German government IT infrastructure," he 
said.

These occur most frequently, Maasen said, before major international 
meetings such as a G20 conference, where government advisers might receive 
a virus email purporting to be from another country's negotiators.

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