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Ongoing Hacker Attack: German Parliament May Need to Replace Whole IT-Infrastructure

posted by janrinok on Saturday June 13 2015, @08:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the computers-going-cheap? dept.

sudo rm -rf writes:

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

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Justin Case on Saturday June 13 2015, @03:10PM

    by Justin Case (4239) on Saturday June 13 2015, @03:10PM (#195789) Journal

    I'm asking questions. Was Windows to blame? Was a BIOS worm? How did it spread? I didn't say anything about Macs.

    I didn't say I assume it was Windows and I assume it was a BIOS worm. I'm asking. What was it?

    For about a thousand years Windows has been easiest to hack. Sure, other systems can be hacked. But Windows is easiest. Of course, you knew that already, which is why you're so sensitized and reactive to the topic.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2015, @05:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2015, @05:15PM (#195833)

    http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions [rationalwiki.org]