Germany Says Hackers Infiltrated Main Government Network<br />German Parliament succeeded that As this involved the government network, which is used for communication and email traffic and a lot of daily exchanges,<br />but does not primarily involve secret or top-secret information, it must also be carefully examined whether data has been leaked.<br />The attack comes two years after German security officials determined<br />that Fancy Bear hackers were able to breach the German Parliament’s data network, leading to calls for increased security on the country’s most sensitive systems.<br />Investigators with Palo Alto Networks said that groups associated with Fancy Bear had used "malicious emails targeting foreign affairs agencies and ministries in North America and Europe, including a European embassy in Moscow." German media reported<br />that the country’s Defense Ministry had also been targeted.<br />German news outlets, citing security sources, have widely blamed a Russian hacking group backed<br />by the Russian government — either one called Snake, or another known as APT28, or Fancy Bear.<br />By MELISSA EDDYMARCH 1, 2018<br />BERLIN — Hackers using highly sophisticated software penetrated the German government’s main data network, a system<br />that was supposed to be particularly secure and is used by the chancellor’s office, ministries and the Parliament, government officials have said.<br />That information, while unconfirmed, was supported by a report by Palo Alto Networks, a cyber security firm, pointing to what it called "a new set of attacks" by Russian hackers<br />that appeared to be aimed at the diplomatic community in the West.
