Germany’s Proposed Hack-Back Powers and Outsourced Surveillance Are Testing Constitutional Limits

Germany’s Proposed Hack-Back Powers and Outsourced Surveillance Are Testing Constitutional Limits

Germany's proposed cyber and surveillance reforms risk enabling intelligence services to watch — and act — in secret.

German Hack-Back, Surveillance Powers Test Constitutional Limits | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #hacker - National Cyber Security Consulting

In August, on the same day the White House announced a program enlisting private companies in cyber operations, Germany’s Cabinet approved what it calls the most far-reaching overhaul of its intelligence laws in the history of the Federal Republic. This and other reforms are set to introduce and expand the state’s hacking and surveillance powers. […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed!