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Re:Cyber attack on German parliament still active, could cos... by r3m6 on Thursday June 11, 2015 @07:49AM (#9699037)
>as if the local agencies are somehow less dangerous

And in what way are they dangerous? And if not these experts, who should do this (expert) work?

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Re:Cyber attack on German parliament still active, could cos... by relet on Thursday June 11, 2015 @08:03AM (#9699089)
Who do these experts report to? The individual parlamentarian (who is supposed to be independent), or the individual parties, or the governing coalition, or unknown third parties?

At the moment, this is not even well disclosed.

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Re:Cyber attack on German parliament still active, could cos... by fwn on Thursday June 11, 2015 @07:58AM (#9699070)
In what way are foreign agencies dangerous? Now remember that they do the same thing.

The other question is pretty easy: Every involved party should use own trusted experts for the hardware/software part it manages.

If you are a parlamentarian and it feels suspicious to you that a secret service wants to get your phone: Don't hand it.

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Re:Cyber attack on German parliament still active, could cos... by boroboro on Thursday June 11, 2015 @08:12AM (#9699133)
Again, the German BSI does not the same thing as the Russian GRU/SWR.
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Re:Cyber attack on German parliament still active, could cos... by fwn on Thursday June 11, 2015 @08:29AM (#9699234)
Again, it's not about the BSI.
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Re:Cyber attack on German parliament still active, could cos... by boroboro on Thursday June 11, 2015 @08:33AM (#9699252)
People can read on their own that it is about the BSI, contrary to your propaganda. Go back to the Spiegel or Zeit forums, where Russian trolls usually spend their time.
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