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According to German daily BILD, the cyber attack was launched in the past few days. The German newspaper claims that Western intelligence sources confirmed the state-run Russian hackers from the “Fancy Bear” group was behind the attack.
The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) confirmed the attack to BILD on Wednesday morning.
Several sources told BILD the reason could be revenge for the sanctions policy against Russia and attempts by the Russians to prevent harsh sanctions against Belarus and its dictator Alexander Lukashenko. It was planned to decouple the country from the international payment system Swift.
Again and again, Russia attacks large areas of German infrastructure with its hackers who report to the GRU military intelligence service.
The Bundestag was hacked several times and political data was spied on. Data from the vaccine manufacturer Biontech was stolen from the European drug approval authority (EMA).
Additional reporting by Monika Pallenberg
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