“Russian hackers” Fancy Bear were suspected of attacking the German Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Defense
The German Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Defense were hacked, the Fancy Bear group, which is associated with Russia, was suspected of this, Bild reports , citing sources in the defense sector. According to media reports, the attack was first noticed in December 2017. Attackers were able to penetrate the data transmission network of the federal administration of Berlin-Bonn. Computers were infected with malware.