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Re:Germany says its government computers secure after “isola... by joethebro on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @05:39PM (#16487878)
>The infiltration likely lasted more than a year.

Wow, that's pretty significant... How was it only now they caught on?

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Re:Germany says its government computers secure after “isola... by johannes1234321 on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @06:45PM (#16488370)
There are reports telling that the attackers were observed for some time and potentially got honeypots with insnsitige data served.

However there are no formal reports published, so mostly rumors and speculation. The parliament's security council should receive a (non-public) report soon, only after full analysis there might be some public information released ...

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Re:Germany says its government computers secure after “isola... by blattimwind on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @05:44PM (#16487918)
Infosec on federal and state level is generally regarded as very poor. Hardly unique to Germany, though.
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Re:Germany says its government computers secure after “isola... by lostmsu on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @06:21PM (#16488215)
I would not say it is uncommon though. AFAIK intrusions into major companies like Google also happen to stay unnoticed for months.
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