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Germany accuses Russia of ‘intolerable’ cyberattack, warns of consequences

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, right, and her German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, condemn cyberattacks by APT28 at a news conference in Adelaide, Australia, on May 3, 2024 [Michael Errey/Reuters]

Germany has blamed “state-sponsored” Russian hackers for an “intolerable” cyberattack on members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and warned there would be consequences.

On Friday, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said a German federal government investigation into who was behind the 2023 cyberattack on the SPD, a leading member of the governing coalition, had just concluded.

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