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Hackers ruin Bundestag computer network
TheLocal.de ^ | 11 Jun 2015 08:59 GMT+02:00 | (DPA/The Local)

Posted on 06/11/2015 11:54:35 PM PDT by Olog-hai

A hacker attack on the Bundestag (German parliament) earlier in 2015 means that an entirely new network will have to be built after experts failed to fix the breach.

The Federal Office of Information Technology Security (BSI) decided that it could no longer defend against the attack and had to give up, broadcasters NDR and WDR and the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Thursday.

Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday evening that data was still flowing out of the parliament to unknown recipients, and that rebuilding the network using completely new hardware would take months and cost millions. …

(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.de ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; Technical
KEYWORDS: bundestag; cyberwarfare; hackers; rebuild

1 posted on 06/11/2015 11:54:35 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The hackers doing this are ruining their chance to do it in a war.

All the targets will be hardened


2 posted on 06/11/2015 11:57:36 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: Fai Mao

I hope you’re right. Seems like the hackers always get around the counter-measures.


3 posted on 06/11/2015 11:59:59 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: Fai Mao

That’s when they send their moles into action.


4 posted on 06/12/2015 12:08:39 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Well, that’s the second country (first was U.S.) to admit that our ‘records’ have all been sold off to corporate interests and to further establishment of the New World Order.


5 posted on 06/12/2015 12:20:14 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Fai Mao

If it was really hackers.

Armor doesn’t matter if you keep the doors wide open.


6 posted on 06/12/2015 12:24:36 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Olog-hai

The weak link is the user.

Do stupid thing behind the firewall and the firewall can’t protect you.


7 posted on 06/12/2015 12:31:52 AM PDT by DB
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To: DB
The weak link is the user.

Yup. The vast majority of these breaches are initiated from clueless users.

There is really not going to be much you can do about this stuff as long as you have users with the ability to run arbitrary code.

8 posted on 06/12/2015 6:36:00 AM PDT by zeugma (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3294350/posts)
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