German spy chief warning on 'sleeper' cyber sabotage

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German spy chief warning on 'sleeper' cyber sabotage

BfV spy chief worried.

A growing number of countries can hack into private computer networks and install malicious software to sabotage another country's infrastructure, Germany's domestic spy chief said on Tuesday. China, Russia and other countries continued to try to break into German companies' computers to steal ...

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