Overview
- The interior minister said Germany will "strike back" against cyberattacks, including abroad, to disrupt attackers and destroy their infrastructure.
- Intelligence services and the Federal Criminal Police Office would share responsibility for active measures, with a low threshold for action.
- A central Abwehrzentrum against hybrid threats is being prepared by the BfV and is slated to start work this year to coordinate federal and state responses.
- Legal and constitutional hurdles persist for so-called hackbacks, potentially requiring Basic Law changes and new BKA competencies for operations across borders.
- SPD state interior ministers pressed for rapid civil-defence steps, including a Kritis law, a €10 billion protection pact, a national blackout reserve and strategic repair stockpiles, as the Bundesbank reports over 5,000 attacks per minute.