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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday June 16 2015, @04:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the this-is-why-we-don't-give-root dept.

Bild claims [paywall and in German] that Chancellor Angela Merkel's personal computer was one of the first to be compromised in a cyberattack linked to Russia. Merkel's computer was reportedly used to spread malware to other targets within the German government.

Germany's top prosecutor has dropped an investigation into the National Security Agency's surveillance of Chancellor Merkel's cell phone.

V3.co.uk is claiming that German defense minister Ursula von der Leyen is under attack by hackers, but this has yet to be corroborated in any source the author can find.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 16 2015, @05:21PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 16 2015, @05:21PM (#196941)

    ... and thus, we enter a new age... the age in which we start fragmenting the internet down to something we can control, something we can grasp & comprehend. Finally we have understood that while we used the Internet for Good first, it can also be used by Dark Powers. And now we wish to harness these Dark Powers, so we can unleash them on our enemies (of the day)...

    eehhhhhh, I guess I won't quit my day job to be a writer then