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 German prosecutors said Tuesday they had brought charges against a 22-year-old hacker who released personal data of dozens of politicians, journalists and other public figures online, embarrassing national authorities. https://www.thelocal.de/20200526/hacker-behind-doxxing-of-german-politicians-charged Tue, 26 May 2020 12:48:01 +0200 hacker-behind-doxxing-of-german-politicians-charged German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced frustration Wednesday that Russia was targeting her in hacking action, saying she had concrete proof of the "outrageous" spying attempts. https://www.thelocal.de/20200513/merkel-cites-hard-evidence-she-was-target-of-russian-hacking Wed, 13 May 2020 15:42:45 +0200 merkel-cites-hard-evidence-she-was-target-of-russian-hacking As the clock ticks down to elections Sunday, Germany's cyber defence nervously hopes it'll be third time lucky after Russia was accused of meddling in the US and French votes. https://www.thelocal.de/20170921/why-berlin-is-still-holding-its-breath-over-a-russian-cyber-attack-on-election Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:03:04 +0200 why-berlin-is-still-holding-its-breath-over-a-russian-cyber-attack-on-election The software used in calculating the results of the upcoming federal election has serious weaknesses and could be manipulated, according to security researchers. https://www.thelocal.de/20170907/bundestag-election-software-vulnerable-to-hacking-researchers-say Thu, 07 Sep 2017 14:55:29 +0200 bundestag-election-software-vulnerable-to-hacking-researchers-say A British man was handed a suspended jail sentence by a court in Cologne on Friday for a massive cyber attack against Deutsche Telekom last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20170728/british-hacker-convicted-of-massive-cyber-attack-in-germany Fri, 28 Jul 2017 17:43:21 +0200 british-hacker-convicted-of-massive-cyber-attack-in-germany A British man admitted in a Cologne court on Friday to staging a large-scale cyber attack on Deutsche Telekom last year, saying he was acting for a Liberian client. https://www.thelocal.de/20170721/briton-faces-court-over-deutsche-telekom-cyber-attack-that-hit-1-million-german-homes Fri, 21 Jul 2017 17:41:32 +0200 briton-faces-court-over-deutsche-telekom-cyber-attack-that-hit-1-million-german-homes A British national has been arrested at a London airport on suspicion of staging a cyber-attack on Deutsche Telekom last year that knocked around a million German households offline, officials in both countries said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170223/brit-arrest-for-cyber-attack-that-hit-a-million-german-homes-last-year Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:37:23 +0100 brit-arrest-for-cyber-attack-that-hit-a-million-german-homes-last-year As German politicians voice ever more wariness about Russia's potential to interfere in next year's German election, a spokesman for the Kremlin has called such concerns "nonsense". https://www.thelocal.de/20161214/russia-calls-accusations-of-hacking-in-german-election-nonsense Wed, 14 Dec 2016 11:41:23 +0100 russia-calls-accusations-of-hacking-in-german-election-nonsense Fearing media manipulation in next year's national election, conservative Union politicians are calling for "fake news" to be a criminal offence. https://www.thelocal.de/20161213/conservative-politicians-want-fake-news-to-be-criminal-offence Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:13:11 +0100 conservative-politicians-want-fake-news-to-be-criminal-offence German heavy industry giant ThyssenKrupp said Thursday it fell victim to a hacking attack in which the perpetrators sought to steal company secrets. https://www.thelocal.de/20161208/industry-giant-thyssenkrupp-attacked-hanckers Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:41:59 +0100 industry-giant-thyssenkrupp-attacked-hanckers Researchers from Germany and the UK have found that some 100 million cars worldwide have a security flaw vulnerable to hacking. https://www.thelocal.de/20160811/almost-every-vw-car-sold-since-1995-has-this-security-flaw Thu, 11 Aug 2016 14:52:02 +0200 almost-every-vw-car-sold-since-1995-has-this-security-flaw Germany's domestic secret service said Friday it had evidence that Russia was behind a series of cyber attacks, including one that targeted the Bundestag (German parliament) last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20160513/russia-blamed-for-hack-attacks-on-merkel-and-mps Fri, 13 May 2016 16:51:46 +0200 russia-blamed-for-hack-attacks-on-merkel-and-mps German police have searched the homes of 13 people as part of an international swoop on users of the mobile phone malware DroidJack, authorities said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151029/police-join-eu-wide-raids-on-smartphone-hackers Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:13:05 +0100 police-join-eu-wide-raids-on-smartphone-hackers The Bundestag (German parliament) computer system will go offline on Thursday evening for several days of maintenance work after it was infiltrated by unknown hackers. Experts warn that it's likely to remain vulnerable despite the overhaul. https://www.thelocal.de/20150820/bundestag-goes-dark-after-hacker-attack Thu, 20 Aug 2015 12:24:30 +0200 bundestag-goes-dark-after-hacker-attack Security researchers have found that many vehicles produced by the Volkswagen group – including some of the world's biggest luxury brands like Audi and Porsche – have a security flaw that could let hackers access them without a key. https://www.thelocal.de/20150814/researchers-crack-volkswagen-keyless-opening Fri, 14 Aug 2015 17:01:19 +0200 researchers-crack-volkswagen-keyless-opening One-fifth of Germany’s major companies has been attacked by hackers within the past three years, but companies are also not taking cyber security as seriously as they should, according to a study released on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150727/one-in-five-big-german-firms-has-been-hacked Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:09:04 +0200 one-in-five-big-german-firms-has-been-hacked German-owned Patriot missiles stationed in Turkey were briefly taken over by hackers, according to media reports on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150707/german-missiles-taken-over-by-hackers Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:00:01 +0200 german-missiles-taken-over-by-hackers A Bundestag (German parliament) official on Friday confirmed media reports about a hacking attack on the institution. https://www.thelocal.de/20150515/hacker-attack-targets-bundestag-data Fri, 15 May 2015 18:48:09 +0200 hacker-attack-targets-bundestag-data Shoppers in a northern German city were stunned to see pornographic images on display in a shop window under the slogan: “Your home can do more. We'll show you how it's done.” https://www.thelocal.de/20140808/porn-photos-shock-bremerhaven Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:12:00 +0200 porn-photos-shock-bremerhaven UPDATE: Media reports on Friday said that an employee of Germany's foreign intelligence service is suspected of spying for Washington on a parliamentary panel probing US surveillance. https://www.thelocal.de/20140704/nsa-hacking-spying-privacy-snowden Fri, 04 Jul 2014 10:00:00 +0200 nsa-hacking-spying-privacy-snowden