German Intel Agency: Russia Is Trying To Destabilize Germany Just Before Its Election

[deminks]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/german-intel-agency-russia-destabilize-germany?utm_content=bufferb9d1d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

BERLIN (AP) — Russia is trying to destabilize German society with propaganda and cyberattacks ahead of the country's general election, Germany's domestic intelligence agency said Thursday.

The warning was the bluntest public claim yet from Germany's BfV agency about Moscow's alleged campaign of disinformation and hacking targeting Europe's biggest economy.

"There is growing evidence of attempts to influence the federal election next year," said the BfV's head, Hans-Georg Maassen, citing "increasingly aggressive cyberespionage" against political entities in Germany.

Russia has been blamed for the hacking and release of Democratic National Committee emails before the U.S. presidential election. But Moscow has strongly denied involvement in orchestrating cyberattacks on foreign soil and hit back with allegations of its own against the West.

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[Squinch]

1. Maybe Germany will have the balls to address it. You know, like we didn't.

[TrekLuver]

3. +1000

[dhill926]

4. I'll match your +1000...

and raise you a 1000....this is a very serious problem....

[leftofcool]

6. I hope Angela has a spine. Our Democrats sure as hell don't

[WheelWalker]

2. This will not be permitted to continue and spread.

This does not bode well for global peace and serenity.

[doc03]

7. If they take out Merkel she is about the last sane leader left isn't she? nt

[KamaAina]

9. Well, there's Justin Trudeau.

And Canada has beaten Russia before, in hockey, anyway.

[lpbk2713]

5. Not with a bang but a whimper.

Putin must be ecstatic.

[KamaAina]

8. So where was our CIA when it happened here?

Or the FBI, for that matter?

[Coventina]

10. Up Trump's skirt, that's where.

[Calculating]

11. Too busy investigating Hillary Emails

Sad but true.