German Government Under Cyber Attack, Shores Up Defenses

On Thursday, Germany’s government was gathered its defenses on Thursday against a powerful cyber attack that lawmakers said had breached the foreign ministry’s computer network. The head of a parliamentary oversight panel said the attack was continuing, and security officials were trying to maintain control. Conservative lawmaker Armin Schuster told reporters, that “It is a veritable cyber attack on parts of the government network. It is a continuing process.”