Germany’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt on Sunday warned that hybrid warfare attacks had become a daily threat to the country.
“We’re not at war, but we are the daily target of hybrid warfare,” Dobrindt told the newspaper Bild am Sonntag following the discovery of a drone carrying explosives at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
“Espionage, sabotage, cyberattacks, or covert operations by foreign powers aimed at destabilizing Germany or inflicting direct harm are a constant reality,” Dobrindt said.
He also noted that the country is stepping up research into drones to address new security threats.
A new drone security research center will be established later in August at a German Aerospace Center (DLR) test airport in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, Dobrindt said.
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On Saturday, Germany’s armed forces confirmed that two drones had been spotted late on Thursday over a German military base in Mechernich in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia near the Belgian border.
The drones were detected at around 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) over the Bundeswehr base, a German armed forces spokesperson said.
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While German government officials have refrained from publicly blaming any foreign country over the Leipzig incident, some lawmakers have pointed fingers at Russia, which has been at war with Ukraine since its full-scale invasion of the country in 2022.
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I think you’re confusing the real threat of cyber (I hate this choice of words) warfare with the conjured-up random threats to whatever (music industry, children) to pass surveillance legislation.
The former would require changes in and investments into a country’s ability to protect its vital infrastructure, the latter lets governments pass anti-populace legislation to further corporate profits and control. It’s not the same, it’s not even about regular civilian criminals, but state-sponsored actors.