Tag: BSI
Politicians want to strengthen IT authority BSI against China
Berlin In the traffic light coalition, an extension of the powers for the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is being discussed in order to better protect the so-called critical…
SPD wing warns of “general suspicion” against Chinese companies
Berlin The conservative wing of the SPD is clearly critical of the Greens’ strategy in dealing with China. “Currently, the heads of the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry…
Chinese state shipping company’s entry into the port of Hamburg could still tip over
Container ship of the Cosco shipping company in the port of Hamburg The federal government has been arguing for months about the participation of the Chinese logistics group in a…
Chinese state shipping company’s entry into the port of Hamburg could still tip over
Container ship of the Cosco shipping company in the port of Hamburg The federal government has been arguing for months about the participation of the Chinese logistics group in a…
Traffic light politicians are calling for Huawei to be excluded from the railways
ICE of the Deutsche Bahn in Frankfurt am Main Politicians are now asking the Deutsche Bahn board of directors to take on the Huawei issue. (Photo: AP) Berlin Politicians in…
Germany’s top cyber security authority uses Huawei technology
Berlin The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) relies internally on technology from the controversial Chinese network supplier Huawei. This emerges from the response of the federal government to a…
Germany’s top cyber security authority relies on Huawei technology
Berlin The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) relies internally on technology from the controversial Chinese network supplier Huawei. This emerges from the response of the federal government to a…
“Then the big Chinese and US companies will take over” – criticism of Lauterbach’s digital strategy
Berlin After many attempts, this should now be the last: Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) wants to achieve the digitization of the healthcare system with a digital “restart”.…
Digitization security concerns – unrest in the railway supervisory board because of Huawei
Huawei logo Many politicians in the West are uneasy about the Chinese network supplier. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The supervisory board of the state-owned Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) has reservations about…
How Lauterbach wants to introduce the electronic patient file
Berlin Health Minister Karl Lauterbach wants to “keep a 20-year promise,” as he said at the federal press conference on Thursday. It’s been so long since the foundations for the…
5G expansion: Berlin plans Huawei ban
Mobile phone in the 5G network The German mobile phone providers are to set up the new network without components from Huawei and ZTE. (Photo: Reuters) Hamburg, Berlin, Brussels The…
Jan Böhmermann and Arne Schönbohm: The case of the BSI President
The case of Arne Schoenbohm The former president of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) had been accused of being close to Russian intelligence services. (Photo: Imago, dpa [M])…
Jan Böhmermann and Arne Schönbohm: The case of the BSI President
The case of Arne Schoenbohm The former president of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) had been accused of being close to Russian intelligence services. (Photo: Imago, dpa [M])…
Supreme cyber authority discovers serious security gaps in online shops
Shopping apps on a phone The BSI warns of significant security gaps in the software that retailers use to operate their online shops. (Photo: imago images/imagebroker) Berlin Germany’s top cyber…
German cyber security authority had the app checked for security risks
tiktok In Germany, the Federal Ministry of Health uses Tiktok and provides information there on its own channel. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin Germany’s top cyber security authority has checked the video…
How big is the cyber threat from Russia
Berlin One year after the start of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) warns that Russia will continue to pose major cyber threats.…
Continental informs employees affected by data theft
Continental employees The Dax Group informs active and former employees by letter if their personal data has been leaked in the course of the cyber attack. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf After…
Continental informs employees affected by data theft
Continental employees The Dax Group informs active and former employees by letter if their personal data has been leaked in the course of the cyber attack. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf After…
Claudia Plattner now heads the cyber security authority
Claudia Plattner Plattner studied mathematics at the Technical University of Darmstadt and at Tulane University in the US state of Louisiana. (Photo: DB Systel) Berlin The mathematician Claudia Plattner will…
New cyber attack also causes damage in Germany
Network server in an office Around 84,000 servers with the affected software are installed worldwide, and around 7,000 in Germany. (Photo: E+/Getty Images) Bonn Companies and public institutions in Germany…