Euractiv and Reuters report:
Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the country’s leading opposition party, has been hit by a major cyberattack and has taken parts of its IT-infrastructure off the grid as a precautionary measure, authorities said on Saturday (1 June).
“There was a serious cyber attack on the CDU network,” Germany’s Interior Ministry said in a statement, adding security authorities were working intensively to fend off and investigate the attack, and prevent further damage.
The ministry did not disclose any details about the scope of the attack or the suspected perpetrators.
“However, the manner in which the attack was carried out points to a very professional actor,” it said.
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