Germany's cyber attack from Russia Flashcards
May 2015
Massive cyber attack on Budestag. The attack sought to install software that would have given hackers permanent access to computers used by staff and MPs.
January 2016
Russian media report on a case of Lisa, a russian girl living in Berlin who was allegedly raped by immigrants. It was false but it caused an outcry in the Russian community in Germany which led to protests all over the country
April 2016
Security firm Trend Micro reports that Russian hacking group Pawn storm is trying to attack Angela Merkels Christian democratic union
June 2016
Thomas Haldenwang deputy president of the domestic intelligence agency warns German security officals that BFV has observed active measures from Russia to influence public opinion
November 2016
German chancellor Angela Merkel says that Germany is having to deal with Russian cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns on a daily basis and warns that there is an attempt to influence the outcome of election campaign
January 2017
Hans George Massen says that the Kremlin seeks to influence public opinion and decision making processes because we have a parliamentry election this year
Why would Russia want to medel in Germanys election?
To support AfD, the right wing populist and Eurosceptic politcal party that is close to Russia and is Eurosceptic and supports lifting sanctions over sanctions over Russias aggression in the Ukraine
How many russian speaking migrants have moved to Germany?
3 million
September 2017
Germany will hold a federal election
