Security News > 2021 > March > 'Russian Hackers' Again Target German MPs: Report
Several German lawmakers have once again fallen victim to a cyber attack, local media said Friday, with security experts pointing the finger at Russian hackers.
Hackers used phishing emails to gain access to the computers of at least seven federal MPs and 31 lawmakers in regional parliaments, according to Der Spiegel weekly.
A spokesman for the lower house of parliament confirmed the cyber attack but said there was "Currently no indication" of a direct attack on the IT infrastructure of the German Bundestag.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel last year said she had concrete proof that Russia was targeting her in cyber attacks.
The most high-profile incident blamed on Russian hackers to date was a cyber attack in 2015 that completely paralysed the computer network of the Bundestag, forcing the entire parliament offline for days while it was fixed.
German prosecutors last month filed espionage charges against a German man suspected of having passed the floorplans of parliament to Russian secret services in 2017.
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