German agency defends handling of data breach
BERLIN: Germany’s BSI cyber defence agency on Saturday defended its role in responding to a far-reaching data breach, saying it could not have connected individual cases it was aware of last year until the entire data release became public.
The government said that personal data and documents from hundreds of German politicians and public figures, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, had been published online, in what appeared to be one of Germany’s biggest data breaches.
The incident has shocked the establishment and prompted calls for security agencies to clarify whether any security deficiencies they were aware of had been exploited.
The BSI said that it was contacted by a lawmaker in early December about suspicious activity on their private email and social media accounts. Last year, lawmakers said a powerful cyber attack had breached the foreign ministry’s computer network.
– Reuters
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