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FFive years after a major hacker attack in the Bundestag, German investigators have identified the alleged main culprits, according to media reports. He was an agent of the Russian military secret service GRU, the “Spiegel” and the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” reported on Tuesday.
The federal prosecutor had issued an arrest warrant against him. At the request of the AFP news agency, the agency declined to comment on the reports.
Investigators with the Federal Criminal Police Office have “clarified the identity of the main suspect in small, laborious jobs,” the “Spiegel” reported. The Federal Police and the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and cyber defense experts from the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) were also involved.
FBI suspect wanted
According to media reports, the United States Federal FBI has long sought the man. He is said to have been involved in hacker attacks against US Democrats. USA In the 2016 presidential election campaign, as well as in the world anti-doping agency Wada and in other cyber attacks.
The attack on the Bundestag in May 2015 completely paralyzed the IT infrastructure. To stop him, the entire parliament had to be shut down for days.
