Ran across this:
Germany protests to Russia over pre-election cyberattacks
BERLIN (AP) — Germany has protested to Russia over attempts to steal data from lawmakers in what it suspects may have been preparation to spread disinformation before the upcoming German election, the Foreign Ministry in Berlin said Monday.
In mid-July, the head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency said that since February his agency had seen activity focusing on phishing attempts on the private email accounts of federal and state lawmakers and their staff. But he said that very few of those attempts were successful, and in cases where they were successful it appeared little damage had been caused.
Germany’s concerns about Russian interference have extended to the activities of state-funded broadcaster RT, whose online-only German-language service has for years emphasized divisive issues such as migration and the restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Curious what people, particularly Germans, think about it.
Who would Russia prefer to see win the election between the CDU, the SPD and the Greens?
The Russians mainly promote the Afd and attack the Greens. They're mostly hostile to CDU and SPD, but don't attack them as much as the Greens. That's because the CUD and SPD are mostly pro-EU and while they're not pro-Putin like the Afd they're also not nearly as anti-Russia as the Greens.
