Matthias Monroy

Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Hackbacks

  • German Police to hack into servers abroad, Minister of the Interior speaks of “turning point”

    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 […]

  • Military and secret services: EU gears up for cyber attacks

    Military and secret services: EU gears up for cyber attacks

    The German Armed Forces are leading an EU project to coordinate “hackbacks”. Information gathering will be taken over by “cyber intelligence services”. The European Union is to strengthen its cyber defence capabilities, including the development of “active defence capabilities”. These are then to be deployed jointly in the event of a digital attack on a […]