Germany accuses Russia of two charges dating back to the summer of 2024 and summons Moscow’s ambassador
Accused Friday, cyber attacks were carried out targeting the air traffic system in and the legislative elections months ago, and called for protested against this.
A spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry said at a regular press conference "We can now clearly attribute the cyberattack targeting the German Aviation Safety Authority in August 2024 to the hacking group APT28, also known as Fancy Bear."
Russia’s attacks on Germany
He added: "We can now definitively confirm that Russia, through a campaign "Storm 1516" It sought to influence and destabilize the recent federal elections".
The German Foreign Ministry spokesman stated that Berlin "We will take a series of countermeasures to hold Russia accountable for its actions, in close coordination with our European partners"
He stated that Berlin would support "Imposing new individual sanctions on operational actors at the European level"without going into further details.
Russian espionage and surveillance operations
Governments across Europe are on alert over reports of Russian espionage, drone surveillance and acts of sabotage, as well as cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns.
Germany is the second largest aid provider to Ukraine since the Russian invasion of this country in February 2022.
It accused Moscow of launching "Complex attacks"This included flying drones near various European airports in recent months.
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