Overview
- Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden removed especially valuable porcelain pieces to secure locations and increased on‑site protection at the Zwinger.
- Authorities say a foreign intelligence warning about a planned theft was passed to Saxony police by the federal criminal office.
- Investigators are examining whether a January 21 cyberattack on SKD systems relates to the alleged plot, with SKD stating its security system was not compromised.
- The Landeskriminalamt formed a dedicated unit that is investigating under the Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Dresden, which has withheld further details during active inquiries.
- Media reports say the suspected targets included a Chinese “dragon vase” and a rare Ru bowl, with some accounts alleging commissioners from Asia.