Tag: Federal Office for Information Security
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New pacts in a multi-front war: Germany concludes several military, police and economic agreements with Israel
While Israel regularly violates international law, Germany is backing the country. This includes agreements involving several ministries. The Ministry for Economic Affairs is interested in Israeli start-ups. Israel is annexing further parts of the West Bank and advancing into Lebanon.…
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Home visits due to software vulnerability: German state criminal police rang admins out of bed
The Federal Criminal Police Office is sending officers to IT specialists whose companies use software with known security vulnerabilities. Some admins were visited in the middle of the night. A critical security vulnerability in control software from the US manufacturer…
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More German authorities introduce facial recognition, while the police photo database breaks through 5 million mark
German police forces have been using a facial recognition system at the Federal Criminal Police Office since 2008. Three other security or migration authorities are now expanding this technology with their own applications. “It is now becoming clear how well…
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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,”…