Sicherheit: „Wir sind nicht vorbereitet“ – NRW will Infrastruktur gegen hybride Angriffe stärken
NRW sieht sich als Industrieregion besonders bedroht und möchte von abwehrbereiten Ländern lernen. Klare Strategien haben etwa die baltischen Staaten und Polen entwickelt.
Düsseldorf – As Hendrik Wüst (CDU) took the stage at Düsseldorf's Kunstausstellung K21 on Wednesday, the situation was dire. A security flaw in the PHP programming language crippled websites worldwide in mid-October. Hackers recently targeted supermarket refrigeration systems across Europe and raised temperatures. In September, a near-total power outage almost occurred after a distribution substation in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) was allegedly sabotaged.
Ukraine's warning app suddenly signaled a nuclear attack, following a suspected compromise, according to Ukrainian sources.
Wüst, the Minister-President of NRW, has called for a resilience summit. Alongside German representatives, primarily countries facing hybrid attacks and cyberattacks daily are present: the Baltic states, Ukraine, Poland, Israel, and Japan. NRW seeks to learn from them how to defend against hybrid attacks and cyberattacks and strengthen resilience in state and society.
Wüst believes rapid action is needed: "Germany is genuinely threatened." The federal government, states, and municipalities must collaborate more closely, he said. NRW, being the most industrialized and populous state in Germany, wants to better protect critical infrastructure in the future.
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