The head of the Federal Office for Information Security is said to have a security gap in the environment.
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Berlin The Federal Ministry of the Interior reacted with alarm to a report by “ZDF Magazin Royale” about an alleged security gap in the environment of the President of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), Arne Schönbohm.
There is “great irritation” about Schönbohm, the Handelsblatt learned from ministry circles. The reason for this is Schönbohm’s connections to a controversial association that is believed to have contacts with Russian secret services. The founder and president of the association was Schönbohm until 2016.
The allegations against the BSI boss are taken “very seriously”. In addition, “all options would be examined” as to how he could be recalled from his post. Against this background, the joint press conference planned for Thursday by Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) and Schönbohm to present the “BSI Management Report Germany 2022” will be cancelled.
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