Cyber attack on the Greens

Germany's Green political party was the victim to a large-scale cyberattack last week. The attackers gained access to the party's IT infrastructure and the party's internal platform called "Green network". The members of the political party use this platform to exchange about the ongoing negotiations within the coalition. Members’ email accounts were impacted as well as some of the party’s leaders. During the attack, several emails were allegedly forwarded to an external server.

No malicious actor has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. However, without having technical details of the attack, it could be that a state-sponsored malicious actor was behind the attack. An investigation was conducted by the Federal Office for It Security (BSI) and a private company specializing in cybersecurity to obtain more information about the attack.

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