Cybercrime, drones, arson: Now there are almost daily attacks on important infrastructure. Fingers in Moscow, Beijing and Left extremists have been indicated, but is Berlin ready to handle a multi-dimensional strike?
In the same week when the drone was seen at several European airports, a cyber attack against the safety software used by several similar hubs, including Berlin Airport – left left passengers and personnel. At the same time, Germany’s Dutash sister rail service experiences the latest experience in a series of high-level incidents.
Companies experience with increasing regularity of similar cyber attacks – the cost of the economy € 289 billion ($ 339 billion), according to BOCOCOM, umbrella organization for the digital economy in Germany. While about 68% of the time, the culprit is considered a crime syndicate, half of the survey companies said that they could detect at least one attack in Russia. A similar number has been said that incidents were linked to China.
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So Moscow has legs for recent drones events across Europe.
“It may be a private actor that it is not very likely. These are professional work equipment; it is likely to be a state actor,” said a infrastructure specialist manual atug with Think Tank Agritis.
Atug said that the purpose of the attacks, both physical and online, may be to destabilize the society from inside. So that they lose trust in institutions and the government. “
Earlier in September, Germany’s domestic intelligence service, BND stated that cyber attacks on government institutions and significant infrastructure “almost daily” occurred. Chancellor Frederick Merz admitted that “there is rarely serious security situation in the history of the country’s post.”
On Monday, Rodarich caseworctor, a security expert at Merz’s Center’s Cristian Democrats (CDU), told Handblatt The newspaper’s “danger is increasing because Russia, in particular, is not only sending armed drones, not only a reconnaissance drone.” He warned that the government may not be fully responsible for private operators, searching as airports, serious safety issues and can be advocated to declare emergency conditions, as a re -discovery of basic compulsory military service to search for special measures.
The German public is feeling the growing threat. A study conducted by PWC earlier this year found that 67% of Germans are afraid of “hybrid attacks” from Russia, and almost half realized that his government was ill to defend against the subject.
Indeed, Germany is infamous in terms of digital infrastructure. Although Bundesvehar has worked with heavy employees with experts, “Tanks have been running on software since 1989” Manual Atug said, in example how the German government is “weakly protected” against sophisticated cybercax.
Russia accused of hire agents for attacks
The investigation is still ongoing after the sabotage of two important railway lines last week – between Hamburg and Berlin, and between Cologne and Daseldorf. In one case, explosives that exploded in the tunnel used by the train, and in the other, overhead electrical cables were cut. The thesis in a string of what Dutash sister has said to the “almost daily attacks” started in summer was just two incidents.
MPs and investigators have equally asked if Russia may be behind sabotage, as part of a multidimensional attack on the life of ordinary internal minister Alexander Dobind, so talked about the alleged agents for rent, who are not part of a foreign government, but a person for a person will have a Cyber Crime or physical attacks for a person.
He said, “Three thesis so-called lower-level agents are currently facing allegations in Munich,” he said, “Moscow’s beelaf accused of planning a train sabotage.”
Leftist extremists convict for further railway sabotage
Some politicians have convicted leftist extremists for the loss of the train, including the state’s internal ministers for Northern Rhine-Westphalia, Herbert Rul. An open letter was published on a leftist website, taking credit for the August attack on the line between Duceburg and Daseldorf’s CITES.
“It is a thermfor that the militant leftist extremists were responsible,” said Real.
As leftist extremists may have to attack railway lines, considering supporting public transport is usually a leftist reason, for the protection of the Constitution, the federal office says that Dehush Ban is not only seen as a public good in a distant scene.
Dutash sister has been condemned by the scene as the largest logistics company in the ˈcapitalist profit economy in Germany. ,
Safety expert manual Atug said that “Anyone can publish an anonymous paper on that platform. It is unusual that no other labit or groups expressed solidarity with it.”
“This will be the first time the leftists blocked the transport,” he said, but, the authorities should “first conduct a proper investment” instead of announcing doubts and leaving there “. Hey said that this is true for drone opportunities and cyber attacks.
Opposition MPs called the Mars government to take a resulting action and it is being clarified where the danger was coming from instead of announcing any follow -up Sushout. As the Constantine Notz, who handled the security policy for the greens, told Dousslandfank Radio, “The German public has the right to clearly inform the people where the attacks are happening on a daily or weekly basis, what is suspicious, and who is behind the subject.”
Edited by Reena Goldenburg
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