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Germany, Seeking Independence From US, Pushes Cyber Security Research (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the cutting-reliance dept.

Germany announced a new agency earlier this week to fund research on cyber security and to end its reliance on digital technologies from the United States, China and other countries. From a report: Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told reporters that Germany needed new tools to become a top player in cyber security and shore up European security and independence. "It is our joint goal for Germany to take a leading role in cyber security on an international level," Seehofer told a news conference with Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen. "We have to acknowledge we're lagging behind, and when one is lagging, one needs completely new approaches."

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  1. Maybe Germany should start with its legislation. by Sique · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Germany outlawed the ownership of "hacking tools" (202c StGB, "Acts preparatory to data espionage and phishing") , and all of a sudden, Internet security research in Germany is lagging.

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  2. Re:"Cyber security" by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's Seehofer. Germany's version of a deep-south republican senator.

    To be honest, we're happy he can talk in a way that conveys what he means. When I think of the infamous "Transrapid" speech of his predecessor... Even as a German native speaker you were left wondering what the fuck he was talking about.

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  3. 70% of the budget by grungeman · · Score: 3, Insightful

    will be spent on GDPR compliance. The remaining budget will be spent on foreign consultants, because using "hacking tools" is a crime in Germany, so no one knows how to use them.

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  4. Re:"When one is lagging, one needs new approaches" by postbigbang · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Face it, the US cyber intelligence community (an oxymoron) is in total disarray. Its weapons have been exposed and re-weaponized for organized crime, it can't keep a cybersecurity "czar" in office, and it has a half-dozen competing agencies snooping and sniffing and still are unable to be of much use when an actual disaster happens.

    Were I a German policy maker, I'd say: cut the meager tether and spend the money to protect myself and EU interests. I'm not sure the US is going to do that much longer, and in many areas, has already stopped cold.

    And I'm sincerely hoping that the missiles don't fly.

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