The German government is preparing an overhaul of its intelligence and cybersecurity powers to fight back against foreign hackers and spies with offensive cyber operations of its own.
Officials are drafting two pieces of legislation, one revising the powers of Germany’s foreign intelligence services to allow them to conduct cyber operations abroad, and another giving security services more power to fight back against hybrid threats, according to the Interior Ministry. Germany has been flooded by a wave of digital and hybrid disruptions, from drone incursions over airports in Berlin and Munich to a cyberattack on the country’s air traffic control system.
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Source: Politico News
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