Germany's Merkel warns
against cyber attacks on infrastructure
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[March 14, 2017]
BERLIN (Reuters) - German
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday protecting
infrastructure from potential cyber attacks was a top
priority and the federal government had to work together
with localities on that. |
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a meeting of the
German Association of Local Utilities (VKU - Verband
kommunaler Unternehmen) in Berlin, Germany, March 14,
2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch |
"Today we have a huge amount of possibilities to paralyze
infrastructure from cyber attacks and it is... very very
difficult. There are examples from Ukraine that are worrying.
Therefore cyber security is of great, great importance," she
said.
"The German government has updated its cyber security strategy
and we are very happy to work with localities on this," she said
in a speech to the VKU association for local infrastructure
companies.
(Reporting by Madeline Chambers; Editing by Joseph Nasr)
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