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German Office for Information Security declares: sensitive data is very low protected on smartphones

9. November 2016

The German Office for Information Security (BSI) published a survey concerning the security of personal data on smartphones.

  • 20,7 % of smartphone users do not have any security measures implemented against unauthorized access.
  • However, 74,6 % of smartphone users store sensitive data on their mobile device. This data includes for example pictures, videos, contact inforamtion, passwords and health data.
  • Not even 46,3% of smartphone users have basic protection measures implemented, such as software updates.

Arne Schönbohm, chairman of the BSI, commented in the respective press release that although smartphones can be seen as a computers in your pocket, the necessary security measures have not yet been established on these as on your computer at home.

 

Category: German Law · Personal Data
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Persumed hacker attack on German politicians

22. September 2016

This week, heise-online reported that after last years attack on the German Parliament, this year on the 15th and 24th August the offices of several members of Parliament as well as their employees were targeted again in a new attack.

Emails containing malware were sent to the respective politicians. The Emails were supposedly sent by Heinrich Krammer working for the NATO-Headquarter.

The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) stated that the attacks probably originated from Russia. The BSI believes that the attacks might be linked to the hacking of private emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign team in the US earlier this year.

The BSI assumes that the hackers might have been looking for potentially damaging information which could be released a few weeks before elections next year in an attempt to influence the result.

 

Category: Data Breach · USA
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