***Germany’s government has said the country will tighten security checks for staff in sensitive areas of government and business. The move comes after an increase in suspected espionage cases. ***
Germany’s Interior Ministry on Wednesday said that draft legislation would expand review measures for staff in sensitive fields, such as IT and communications, in government and in “critical infrastructure.”
Germany has seen an uptick in cases of suspected spying linked to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine, and also to China.
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Several cases of alleged spying for Moscow have rocked Germany since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
In one case, a former German intelligence officer was accused of passing information to Russia that showed Berlin had access to details of Moscow’s mercenary operations in Ukraine.
Chinese espionage has also been a growing concern. In April, the most high-profile such case saw an aide to a German far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) member of the European Parliament arrested on suspicion of spying for Beijing.
In the government press conference they also said to want to start investigating peoples online accounts on the basic security level. Now they also want to investigate the acccounts of family members and other close persons too, citing extremism concerns.
So if your child, partner or flatmate shares the wrong tweet, they’ll “look into it” according to these new plans.
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