Tyska åklagarmyndigheten utreder en attack med malware som drabbat bland annat tyska politiker. Det finns misstankar om att attacken genomförts med mawlare som skrivits av amerikanska NSA och brittiska GCHQ.
Det är tyska Der Spiegel som skriver om attacken som upptäcktes 2014. En trojan hittades på flera myndighetsdatorer och mjukvaran kan härstamma från NSA och/eller GCHQ.
The Federal Prosecutor’s Office has initiated a further investigation in connection with the espionage activities of American intelligence NSA and his British partner GCHQ after SPIEGEL information. Background is the Spähangriff on a Head of Unit of the Federal Chancellery. On their private laptop, the spyware ”Regin” was discovered 2014th This particularly powerful Trojan settles on the computers of the target population. He can then secretly monitor the entire traffic and send it to his client. While the proceeding is governed because ”intelligence agent activity” against ”unknown”, but there is in professional circles no doubt that ”Regin” the NSA or GCHQ can be assigned.
