- Germany’s top diplomat has accused Russia’s military intelligence of orchestrating the intolerable cyber attack.
- Tensions have long existed between Germany and Russia due to Germany’s support for Ukraine.
- German Foreign Minister Annalena Verbock blamed the cyberattack on the Social Democratic Party on Russian state hackers.
Germany’s top diplomat said on Friday that Russia would face consequences after accusing military intelligence of masterminding an “absolutely unacceptable” cyber attack.
Relations between the two European countries were already strained, with Germany providing military aid to Ukraine, which was at war with Russia.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Verbock said Russian state hackers were behind last year’s cyberattack targeting the Social Democratic Party, the country’s main ruling coalition.
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“Russian state hackers attacked Germany in cyberspace,” he said at a press conference in the Australian city of Adelaide. “This attack is believed to have been carried out by a group called APT28, which is directed by Russian military intelligence.”
German Foreign Minister Annalena Verbock speaks in Adelaide, Australia on May 3, 2024. Russia will face the consequences, she said, after Foreign Minister Bourbock accused military intelligence agencies of masterminding a cyberattack that was “absolutely unacceptable” on Friday. (Pool photo via Michael Eley/AP)
“This is absolutely unacceptable and there will be consequences,” she said.
Mr. Burbock has visited Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, and his trip will focus on security policy as China increases its influence in the Pacific region.
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Foreign Minister Birbock, who was the first German foreign minister to visit Australia, said: “German-Australian defense cooperation is close and we want to deepen it and expand it together, because we face similar threats and… This is because we are in a situation where 13 years.
The discussion between Burbock and Australia’s Penny Wong centered on the Gaza conflict. “We all understand that the only way out of this cycle of violence that we are seeing in the Middle East at such great cost is one that ultimately ensures a two-state solution,” Wong said. I think there are,” he said.
