https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Tech giant Microsoft said Wednesday it had detected hacker "attacks" ahead of European Parliament and national elections in the EU, in a warning to civil society groups, politicians and campaigns. https://www.thelocal.de/20190220/microsoft-warns-of-hacker-attacks-on-germany-eu-elections Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:59:13 +0100 microsoft-warns-of-hacker-attacks-on-germany-eu-elections Police arrested a 20-year-old suspect in central Hesse Sunday connected to the December data breach of hundreds of politicians. https://www.thelocal.de/20190108/suspect-20-arrested-over-massive-german-politician-data-hack Tue, 08 Jan 2019 11:03:07 +0100 suspect-20-arrested-over-massive-german-politician-data-hack Several German political parties were the target of hacker attacks over the summer, with a foreign government suspected to be behind them, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20160920/foreign-state-aims-hack-attack-against-top-german-politicians Tue, 20 Sep 2016 20:01:45 +0200 foreign-state-aims-hack-attack-against-top-german-politicians Cyber attacks on the German government and businesses are becoming ever more sophisticated and effective, security experts warn. https://www.thelocal.de/20160906/german-government-attacked-by-hackers-20-times-a-day Tue, 06 Sep 2016 13:35:45 +0200 german-government-attacked-by-hackers-20-times-a-day Germany's most wanted interior minister? This dubious title went to a state politician when a hacker exposed a security hole in Interpol's website and made a couple of additions. https://www.thelocal.de/20160707/hacker-puts-politician-profile-into-interpol-database Thu, 07 Jul 2016 17:48:53 +0200 hacker-puts-politician-profile-into-interpol-database Federal justice minister Heiko Maas will seek to criminalize the buying and selling of stolen data following Tuesday's news of the mass theft of login details by a Russian hacker group. https://www.thelocal.de/20140808/justice-minister-planning-new-data-theft-law-maas Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:36:00 +0200 justice-minister-planning-new-data-theft-law-maas German authorities knew about the theft of the digital identities of 16 million internet users in December, but kept it quiet as they claim they needed time to make "necessary preparations", it emerged on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140122/authorities-knew-about-hacking-in-december Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:09:00 +0100 authorities-knew-about-hacking-in-december