Germany Hacking

The German regulator company is monitoring the situation closely in cooperation with Germany's National Cyber Defence Centre, assured BaFin president Mark Branson.

German has urged consumers not to use anti-virus software made by Russia's Kaspersky, saying that the firm could be used for hacking assaults amid Russia's war in Ukraine.

Two hackers defaced Cartoon Network websites in the Africa, Arab region, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey.

Police did not name the 20-year-old but said he lives with his parents, is not a computer expert and had no previous conviction.

German police said Tuesday they have arrested a 20-year-old suspect in the case of private data stolen from hundreds of German politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, and published online.

Personal data and documents from hundreds of German politicians and public figures have been published online, the government said on Friday, adding that no sensitive material from Chancellor Angela Merkel's office was released.

Hackers have posted personal data from hundreds of German politicians from major parties, including credit card details and mobile phone numbers, a report said.

The US and four of its closest allies blamed China on Thursday for a 12-year campaign of cyber-attacks that vacuumed up technology and trade secrets in 12 countries.

The Nintendo Switch homebrew may soon be a reality. At the 34c3 hacking conference in Germany, hackers Plutoo, Derek, and Naehwert gave a presentation on kernel hacks for the Nintendo Switch.

Germany's BSI federal cyber agency said it had no evidence to back media reports that Russian hackers used Kaspersky antivirus software to spy on US authorities.

As the clock ticks down to elections Sunday, Germany's cyber defence nervously hopes it'll be third time lucky after Russia was accused of meddling in the US and French votes

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday discussed brokering "commitments of noninterference" in the U.S. political system during a lengthy face-to-face meeting in Germany, the first in-person encounter between the two leaders about Russia's alleged role in the 2016 election.

A BSI spokesman said it decided to go public after Yahoo repeatedly failed to respond to efforts to look into the data breaches and garner lessons to prevent similar lapses.

"There is an array of German email providers for whom security is not a foreign concept."

Germany's domestic intelligence agency says Russia is trying to destabilize German society and the state with propaganda campaigns and cyberattacks.

The German regulator company is monitoring the situation closely in cooperation with Germany's National Cyber Defence Centre, assured BaFin president Mark Branson.

German has urged consumers not to use anti-virus software made by Russia's Kaspersky, saying that the firm could be used for hacking assaults amid Russia's war in Ukraine.

Two hackers defaced Cartoon Network websites in the Africa, Arab region, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey.

Police did not name the 20-year-old but said he lives with his parents, is not a computer expert and had no previous conviction.

German police said Tuesday they have arrested a 20-year-old suspect in the case of private data stolen from hundreds of German politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, and published online.

Personal data and documents from hundreds of German politicians and public figures have been published online, the government said on Friday, adding that no sensitive material from Chancellor Angela Merkel's office was released.

Hackers have posted personal data from hundreds of German politicians from major parties, including credit card details and mobile phone numbers, a report said.

The US and four of its closest allies blamed China on Thursday for a 12-year campaign of cyber-attacks that vacuumed up technology and trade secrets in 12 countries.

The Nintendo Switch homebrew may soon be a reality. At the 34c3 hacking conference in Germany, hackers Plutoo, Derek, and Naehwert gave a presentation on kernel hacks for the Nintendo Switch.

Germany's BSI federal cyber agency said it had no evidence to back media reports that Russian hackers used Kaspersky antivirus software to spy on US authorities.

As the clock ticks down to elections Sunday, Germany's cyber defence nervously hopes it'll be third time lucky after Russia was accused of meddling in the US and French votes

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday discussed brokering "commitments of noninterference" in the U.S. political system during a lengthy face-to-face meeting in Germany, the first in-person encounter between the two leaders about Russia's alleged role in the 2016 election.

A BSI spokesman said it decided to go public after Yahoo repeatedly failed to respond to efforts to look into the data breaches and garner lessons to prevent similar lapses.

"There is an array of German email providers for whom security is not a foreign concept."

Germany's domestic intelligence agency says Russia is trying to destabilize German society and the state with propaganda campaigns and cyberattacks.