Tag: BSI
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German Police to hack into servers abroad, Minister of the Interior speaks of “turning point”
Federal cyber defence authorities are to be strengthened with two amendments to the Constitution. This is the plan of Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. Critics call the envisaged capabilities “hackbacks”. “We fundamentally reject hackbacks as a means of cyber defence,” the ruling government in Germany had written into its coalition agreement. This refers to the […]
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Restrictive in cyberspace
New German cybersecurity guidelines harbour even more surveillance and centralised powers The Federal Cabinet today approved the new “Cybersecurity Strategy for Germany”. The draft, prepared by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, is to be in place for five years and replaces the previous version from 2016. The document describes four different guidelines. Cybersecurity is […]