Amongst other news outlets, CIO reports on a hacker attack on the German parliament (Bundestag) that occured four weeks ago and is still ongoing:
Trojans introduced to the Bundestag network are still working and are still sending data from the internal network to an unknown destination, several anonymous parliament sources told German publication Der Spiegel.[German]
All software and hardware in the German parliamentary network might need to be replaced[1]. More than four weeks after a cyberattack, the government hasn't managed to erase spyware from the system, according to a news report.
Some MPs have concerns to call experts from the foreign intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst, for help, because the agency would gain access to the legislative process, a possible violation of the principles of Separation of Powers.
[1] Apparently about 20.000 machines are affected
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2015, @02:05PM
It would be far more similar to say a bank that had a pile of your gold with information on where to get more of your gold locked up in a store room with a deadbolt. They will say they had someone come and make sure it was locked up, but it doesn't mean it was adequate. You need to have an actual safe to protect your valuable information adequately and it's the banks fault if they don't not yours. At a certain point, you have to trust those with your information to do the right thing, because you can't possibly know everything.