Bundestag debate: Where BND and Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution are allowed to look in the future
Enter private apartments, block data streams, disable servers: The reform pushed by the coalition gives the intelligence services new powers. Who is allowed to do what in the future and who controls it?
Germany is set to enhance its protection against espionage, terrorism, and sabotage with a reform of its intelligence services' laws. The reform, which is expected to be finalized by the Bundestag, grants new powers to the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV). The move is driven by increased intelligence activities from countries such as Russia, China, and Iran.
The BfV will be allowed to take covert protective measures, including disrupting data streams and blocking cyberattacks, while the BND will have operative intervention powers, including disrupting server state hacker groups and supply chains for weapons and sabotage.
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