A hacker attack on the Bundestag is still not fully cleared up - but Russia appears to have been involved. Chancellor Angela Merkel is shocked.
- In a government survey, Chancellor Angela Merkel commented on a sensitive topic.
- It was about a hacker attack on the Bundestag with presumably Russian participation .
- The Chancellor was hard hit - and announced the consequences .
Berlin - The survey in the Bundestag with Angela Merkel on Wednesday (May 13) was largely about the corona crisis. Another topic was a hacker attack on the German Bundestag . A participation of Russia is presumably to be assumed.
The Chancellor spoke in clear, personal words about the incident . "I can honestly say: it hurts me," said Merkel. The attack is "outrageous" - and will have consequences.
Hacking attack on the Bundestag: Merkel makes serious accusations against Russia - "Outrageous"
The hacker attack, in which emails from the Chancellor's deputy office had been picked up, had already occurred in 2015. In view of the results of the Attorney General's investigation , she spoke in the Bundestag of "hard evidence" for Russian involvement . "I take these things very seriously because I believe that research has been done very properly," said Angela Merkel *.
Come up was the issue on initiation of the deputies Tabea Rößner (The Greens). The Chancellor spoke in connection with the attack of a "hybrid warfare" of Russia , the " disorientation " and " Facts twist " leg hold. You cannot "simply suppress it".
The Chancellor emphasized that she wanted to continue to strive for a good relationship with Russia . A "trustful cooperation" would be disturbed. The incident was not a “coincidence”, but “definitely a strategy that is being used there.”
Angela Merkel appalled by Russian hacker attack: "we reserve the right to take measures"
When asked what the consequences of the hacker attack would be, the Chancellor replied: "Of course we always reserve the right to take measures - including against Russia ."
After several years of investigations by the Federal Criminal Police Office , it is assumed that the Russian military secret service GRU was responsible for the large-scale cyber attack on the Bundestag in 2015. Last week, the federal prosecutor's office had issued an international arrest warrant for a young Russian hacker named Dimitri Badin . He is accused of secret service activities and the spying on data. Badin is believed to be in Russia .
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