Germany Considers First-Strike Cyberattacks

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Germany’s interior minister is calling for a rules change that would allow for its cyber-forces to proactively attack foreign hackers and servers. Such a capability could be used against those targeting critical infrastructure, said Minister Thomas de Maiziere, in an interview with German outlet ARD and reported by Bloomberg. He called for the drafting of new…

Ukraine Power Outage Confirmed as Cyber Attack

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Ukrainian investigators have confirmed that last month’s power outage in the country was the result of a cyberattack by the same group that struck in December 2015, claiming they may be practising for major attacks elsewhere. The attack last month was smaller scale than the 2015 blitz which left around 230,000 people without power. It…

HACKERS ATTACK EU EXECUTIVE BUT NO DATA BREACH: SPOKESMAN

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BRUSSELS — Hackers attacked the European Commission’s computers on Thursday, flooding the EU executive’s servers with digital service requests, but while connection speeds were affected, there was no data breach, the Commission said. “Yesterday afternoon the Commission was targeted by an attempt to saturate our internet connection,” Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas told a news briefing on…