German political parties have fallen victim to a new round of cyber attacks, documents showed on Wednesday, after Berlin’s domestic spy agency accused Russia of a series of operations aimed at spying and sabotage.
Politicians and employees of several parties received emails purporting to be sent from NATO headquarters, but which instead contained a link that installed spyware on the recipient’s computer, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily and regional broadcasters NDR and WDR reported.
Citing unnamed security experts, German media said the attacks on August 15 and 24 appeared to have been carried out by state-backed Russian hackers.