Russian hackers 'threaten Germany 2017 election', MPs warn

[DonViejo]

Source: BBC News

German politicians have warned that hackers and others acting for the Russian state could undermine Germany's general elections next year.

The German election is at risk from "outside manipulation", said Wolfgang Bosbach, a senior MP in Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU party.

The warnings came amid a US furore over Russian hackers accused over leaks of sensitive US Democratic Party files.

Russia was blamed for a cyberattack on the German parliament last year.

An unnamed German security official said it was "highly likely" that secret files published by Wikileaks two weeks ago originated from that cyberattack.

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[Skinner]

1. I guess they can't expect any help from the Trump administration.

Unbelievable.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. We are seeing the ugly head of

Muti-National's and their partners effecting Elections for their advantage.

[kimbutgar]

3. It is increasingly obvious that Russia is attempting to destabilize the world

Putin now has his puppet soon to be installed in the whit house. He is preparing for a war against China and wants the USA to fight this war. Why do you think China cozied up to the Philippines? They want those bases to counterattack the Russian federation USA.

I will refuse to support Russia and his puppet. Resistance will not be futile.

[bdamomma]

4. hmm.....

putin wants to spread his empire to Europe.


I wouldn't mess around with Germany either.

[suffragette]

5. From Deutschewelle about the cyberattack on parliament

http://www.dw.com/en/was-russia-behind-2015s-cyber-attack-on-the-german-parliament/a-19017553

It seems that even now no one knows what data was accessed, or to what extent. Suspicions were raised early on that the attacks were not the work of hobby hackers, but were probably coordinated by a foreign secret service. Hans-Georg Maassen, the president of the German intelligence service - responsible for counterespionage - expressed fears to this effect as early as September. Also in September, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière expressed this suspicion at a conference of computer security experts.
If it is confirmed that Russian agencies are behind the attacks, it would fit with the picture of Russian secret services increasingly turning their attention on Germany. "It fits with the Russian hybrid strategy," says the foreign policy expert of the conservative union parties in the German parliament.
The term refers to Russia's methods in Ukraine, where Russia tried to assert its interests through a mixture of military means, covert support for armed groups, and media campaigns, aimed particularly at the Russian-speaking minority. Cem Özdemir, the chairman of the opposition Green party, believes Russia has "an obvious interest in destabilizing the European Union."