German parliament, which was attacked by hackers in 2015, said it suffered internet outage for several hours on Wednesday, the spokesman for the Bundestag, Ernst Hebeker said.
Hebeker, however, said there were no indications that the outage was triggered by a cyber attack.
“At the moment, there are no indications of a hack attack.
“Internet and email functions on the Bundestag’s servers went down at about 3.30 p.m. though experts believed the outage was the result of a technical problem and a replacement server was being installed.
“The German parliament was hit by a cyber attack in 2015 and the development was blamed on APT 28. ‘’But hacking group experts said it was linked to Russian military intelligence,” Hebeker said.
In another development, German intelligence agencies have warned there could be more cyber attacks ahead of national elections in September.
The agencies said in December they had seen a marked increase in Russian propaganda and disinformation campaigns aimed at destabilising German society, as well as targeted cyber attacks against political parties.
But U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said it was pursuing at least three separate investigations into Russia’s claims.
Arno Schoenbohm, President of the German Federal Office for Information Security Technology, warned that German political parties would improve their cyber security ahead of elections in that country.
