this is deja news coming to you live from berlin germany says hackers in training trades are some of the government's most sensitive networks of media and of course investigators still don't know the extent of the breach rushing tackles are believed to have launched them the cyber attacks a group that's apparently hit political targets before also coming up she succeeded rest so many others have failed to president trump loses one of his longest serving most trusted aides cakes is resigning from a job as communications director. and could this man's terrorist plots have been

stopped to be judgment all makers are looking to learn from mistakes made in the run up to the two thousand and sixteen christmas market attack and stop future terrorists in their tracks. on the program a chilling new smuggler shakes the vaucluse political establishment to its core his last article alleges links to the italian mafia at the highest levels of government we take a look at the fallout after the explosive claims published. hello and welcome i'm on the thought she. we start in germany where authorities say hackers have in for created some of the country's most sensitive computer networks media reports say a cyber attack targeted the targeting the foreign and defense ministries was likely

going on for more than a year and continued as late as wednesday security agencies detected and started monitoring the breach in december a group with links to the russian government is thought to be responsible the interior ministry has given very few details so far just a brief statement sources say russian hackers have been trying to attack the government they planted spying software that could have tapped sensitive data the hackers apparent targets were the foreign and defense ministry as they searched for information about russia and ukraine lawmakers are not asking why they heard nothing in their intelligence briefings even though the agencies apparently knew about the breach. to have said nothing possibly for months which is what we have to clarify it's completely unacceptable we're waiting intelligence on the reason something i cannot make sense of this is a clear violation of the law. refers to night we see germany is clearly not well

prepared for cyber attacks it can't be interpreted in any other way as russian hackers appear to be going and i have the foreign and defense ministries for tardiness ministerial i don't always. cyber attacks against german authorities are nothing new insiders say the government server is attacked more than a thousand times a day the government already sounded warnings about russian hacking last year. you know we have notice that time and again german parties german politicians and individuals have been subject to cyber attacks by the hacking group a p t twenty eight or other collectives that we would associate with russian service providers. i would like to take the opportunity to again make unmistakably clear that germany does not tolerate spying activities or intelligence operations of any kind by any country. that came after an attack against the german

government allegedly controlled from moscow it said this new breach could have been even more sophisticated and dangerous but this is a real threat a virtual war is taking place against germany possibly with the help of russian intelligence services we now need clarity. but for now you the government is remaining tight lipped about this latest attack even as parliamentarians demand answers. and joining to discuss this issue is a dog is a member of parliament for germany's opposition left body and with me in the studio is a modern shows of the expert for cyber security at the german think tank as well welcome to both of you if we start with you muchas the how do you explain the fact that one of germany's best protected networks has been hacked while protecting government network is really hard to do especially if you're operating against

a really skillful and resourceful actor that has time as a referee patient looking for weaknesses and you have to consider that these government networks are used by thousands of people on a daily basis opening e-mail attachments and doing their business and therefore it's really easy to penetrate an e-mail and get into the system ok let me turn to you know it's believed that the russian hacking group a p t twenty eight wasn't always known as pham seabeck i doubt this attack is any confirmation as yet of this . no we do not have a confirmation for that we don't know exactly what it actually was this group it's very likely but we also do not know whether it really is a russian group it's very very difficult to prove where hacker attacks come from and it's actually very easy to hide the origins now apparently the authorities knew that some kind of cyber. safety had been breached back in december it says but the

government did not make it public earlier why. well that's a very interesting questions and we as members of parliament are more than disappointed because we do know know that since december the attack has been no one within the authorities and no member of parliament has been informed and this is clearly a scandal we have to have you know formed immediately about such an attack and i'm also really shocked that for over a year as the suspect now this attack has been going on without anybody in the authorities noticing it. much is telling to you because that is they difficult to find and read this attack is coming from who was responsible the speculation is it is the twenty eight group do you share her assessment yeah i would be really careful with pointing fingers right now because we haven't seen any concrete evidence that it is indeed the same active group it is possible that these are the

same actors but we don't know for sure whether they will blame for actually the early attack which took place of the german bundestag bottom and back in two thousand and fifteen that is right but this does not necessarily imply any connection of course it's likely but we don't know yet and i would be really careful pointing fingers right now so why is it so difficult to establish where this attack has come from because it's easy to miss manipulate digital traces of the malware that is used could contains a language sample from different countries that could be forged you could forge timestamps in the malware so it's rather easy for a skilled actor at least to forge the traces and we've seen this all over the place false flag operations you know as an actor operating under the guise of someone else so this identity is very like it happens all the time and briefly how was this attack different from the one in two thousand and fifteen in technical terms we don't know yet we have to see it's probably similar in the engine intrusion back to the spear phishing e-mail was used but we don't yet know how do you i mean what do

you say is it's very difficult to protect any kind of network from gun these kind of attacks what do you think the government should be doing to protect its internet security. one start would be to actually concentrate all these being scarse resources on actual defense right now we invest a lot of money and also personal resources into developing an attack capacity the intelligence services actually a buy and see. security lou paulson software to use them not to close them and keeping those security holes open makes our entire infrastructure actually rolled why it makes it attackable for third parties so it would be the first step to do that but we also need more buy chips for defense we need more buy chips for a reason soft therefore updated software we very often find in public services and

public authorities outdated software packages these very often contain a lot of security back doors and this is a danger and we also have not enough competence amongst the civil agents who work on those authorities basics like how safe are your passwords and how do we behave and you'll find u.s.b. stick on them parking lots and things like that and the other what i find difficult to understand given that the bundestag was attacked in two thousand and fifteen why i want these steps or at least a substantial number of steps taken to ensure the security of a job the networks this is one of a question we will suddenly ask the government when we will have. the special conversations on the committee of the for example this afternoon and yes that's a valid question and it has to be asked that has to be answered. right to beg

a member of parliament and a much she was an expert in cybersecurity thank you thank you to both a few for sharing your expertise with us on w. . my pleasure. russian president vladimir putin is unveiled a number of ambitious goals during his state of the union address to top lawmakers in moscow it comes ahead of the country's presidential election in less than three weeks time putin is likely to win a fourth term as president told the audience russia should strengthen its democratic institutions he's also proposed raising the living standards of citizens evolving to improve health care and education as well as cutting russia over to read in hard over the next six years being you analysis of the speech from the day . that would have been the operative but some other stories making news around the wide u.s. retail giant wal-mart has said it will stop selling firearms and ammunition to people younger age of twenty one the announcement follows

a similar move by federal retailer dick's sporting goods fresh debates about gun control have broken out after last month's deadly school shooting in florida meanwhile students have returned to the high school where the shooting took place classes resumed two weeks after a former student used a sort of style rifle to kill seventeen pupils and teach is. staying with the u.s. and white house communications director who picks one of president dollar trump's most trusted and longest serving aides has announced a sudden resignation he was seen as a quiet stabilizing full force for the outspoken president it's the latest in a string of high profile departures from the white house. perhaps no one else was as close to president trump her departure came as a surprise to most in the white house hope hicks had a seemingly untouchable role in the west wing as trump's communications director

and one of his longest serving advisers she was well known to have the ear of the president he never publicly criticized her as he's been known to do with other advisers as the news broke trumpet her a fond farewell hope is outstanding and has done great work for the last three years she is a smart and thoughtful as they come a truly great person i will miss having her by my side. the twenty nine year old former fashion model worked with a trump on her clothing line six years ago but she had no experience in politics when donald trump tapped her to serve on his campaign higgs was trump's fourth communications director but unlike her predecessors she kept a very low profile. her sudden exit comes just a day after she testified before a congressional panel probing russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election during the nine hour testimony hicks refused to answer certain questions and reportedly admitted that she'd occasionally told white lies for president trump

. today looking at the many missteps that prevented authorities from stopping the deadly two thousand and sixteen christmas market attack in berlin twelve people were killed in that attack when a phrase asylum seeker drove a truck into a crowded holiday a market in the city center italian police shot and killed the tinnies an attack of four days later in a shootout in milan off to he eluded german police a special parliamentary committee will investigate a series of police and security failures that allowed the suspects to stage a terrorist attack and escape the scene. on december nineteenth twenty sixteen terrorist and the murray steered a hijacked truck into a busy christmas market on berlin's bright child plots twelve people died and many are still suffering today from serious injuries it was the first serious jihadist attack in germany but could it have been prevented

a committee of inquiry is set to investigate this question in retrospect it is clear that security authorities knew a great deal about anna marie they had already identified him as a threat one year before the attack they were aware of his drug trafficking his phones were intercepted and his internet connections were being monitored. in the state of north rhine-westphalia several officers were on his case am raise a silent application was rejected although he should have left germany he remained when he was once briefly detained he could have been deported instead he was released and he changed his identity multiple times at the start of two thousand and sixteen the state criminal police office in berlin was informed that amery was on his way to the capital security officials knew that he was in contact with a terrorist cell of a radical islamist. they also knew that he sympathized with the islamic state and

wanted to get a kalashnikov and we often visited the foo select mosque a meeting place for violence oriented salafist it was being observed but only from monday to friday despite the fact that amery counted as a leading potential threat he was only placed under surveillance by the state police in the summer with bloody consequences how did security officials loose sight of a terrorist an answer to this question is not only important for germany but especially for the victims' loved ones. journey not just of archaea where the murder of a young investigative journalist has sparked protests in the capital bratislava about a thousand people turned out for a march organized by the conservative opposition party took on a reporter. and protest against political corruption the twenty seven year old was shot dead at his home last week along with his fiance shortly after his murder the

news website he worked for obvious she's lost unfinished article it's explosive skeins quickly triggered a fallout at the highest level of government. journalist john could see x. final story was the most explosive in his short career it may also have cost him his large. the story details alleged links between the italian mafia and officials working in the prime minister's office. it was published by his colleagues days after the bodies of his fiance martina were found in their bratislava home. convinced that the murder is connected with his writings about a link between italian mafia and slovakian politics. could see at story name two officials who have now resigned pending an investigation one of them mario toskala a chief advisor to the prime minister another. chair of the state security department both have denied any link to the killings prime minister robert fitz so

seen here we're told a scholar has cautioned against judging the pair without evidence he's offered a reward of one million euros for information about the murders slovakia's culture minister also resigned ashamed that something like this could happen in his country or that the us culture minister i can't deal with the fact that the journalist was killed during my term in office. in brussels european parliamentarians held a minute of silence to honor the journalists that me that's. the truth with determination and didn't answer to anyone. the police to clear that he was almost surely killed to stop his investigation. incased could see x. grieving supporters want his work to be continued they marched in bratislava demanding safety for journalists and an end to corruption could see acts reporting

may now have more impact on slovakia than he could have ever imagined. you watching the news coming up ahead we're going to isn't going away without a fight in europe but a cold front is blowing down from the arctic still holds the continent and its icy grip. but for us cost of joins me for business news and news from an embattled comic a german comic that's right we're talking about opel and tough times continue for opel i'm reading even under new owner. the company can't seem to shake off its troubled past from its takeover in august to december last year a direct operating losses of almost one hundred eighty million euros a consolation the losses have gone down but c.e.o. on thursday march needs to change the plans to solve matters by twenty twentieth's through cost efficiency and exports for years opel was a general motors hands it hasn't made a profit in almost twenty years. for more let's bring in our markets

correspondent daniel colgan frankford dale keeps losing money is there any chance that the company will actually reach the goals that have been set by the new ownership. yeah that's a big question even though investors were prepared for even higher losses many of them have doubts that opel will be able to do their homework because the goal of p.s.a. from france is very clear and. twenty twenty the company needs to be profitable again and when you look at the numbers i guess you really have to be optimistic to believe this opel has tried already in many areas mostly when it comes to the production process to lower their very high costs also to save money when developing new cars such as the new version of their cores or about all of this still with very little success p.s.a. is known to be patient at the beginning but also known to react quickly when something goes really wrong four thousand already since the beginning of this year

on reduced working hours and they only have a job guarantee until the very end of this year now you've been in touch with opel employees how's the mood among them and how's the new leadership from france being viewed. while they are divided some have told me that there is really hope inside of the company the problem with g.m. was that for them g.m. never really understood the european market very well p.s.a. a company from europe knows exactly what the european customer wants but there is this fear what is going to happen after twenty eighteen and even after twenty twenty if opel doesn't come back into the winning zone when you look over to the u.k. and the production facilities of vauxhall for example more than two hundred fifty employees have already lost their jobs so i guess very uncertain time at the moment for the employees german carmaker opel keeps losing money then your cope reporting from frankfurt thank you. and staying with the automotive sector the world's

biggest component supplier for the car industry bosch is back pedaling on its ear mobility ambitions the company announced it was giving up on the research of new batteries for electric cars a project bosch has invested heavily into it is unclear why bosch is taking the step that has seen better efficiency and thereby extending the range of electric cars has been a key challenge to the automotive sector by twenty twenty five the battery market should be burned some. two hundred and fifty billion euros and now it looks like they'll be built without any german or even european influence leaving european carmakers dependent on foreign suppliers. the world more by congress draws to a close today and this year's buzzword of the world's biggest fare for mobile communication has been five g. the network that's set to enable all for a fast transmission of large quantities of data promoters at the fair say the arrival of five g.

will rapidly transform our lives starting the moment we walk out of our front door . but click on the app from does not long to wait before the electric car comes rolling along. just to be on the safe side b m w's driver sits in the front passenger seat. the driver's seat remains empty the whole time. passengers in the back seats can use a display to do things like sound the horn or even stop the off season like the german all to make you want its first driverless model on the road by twenty twenty one. but almost entirely autonomous vehicle. and these are the emotional kinda demo showcase which we put on at the mobile world congress to see also navigates using a digital map we've made of the exhibition grounds to top. in practice it takes the

latest five g. mobile technology to enable autonomous driving at the recent south korea winter olympics korea telecom set up the world's first public five g. network in barcelona it's launched a five g. virtual reality game. for technology transfers gigantic data volumes from the players vests with a response time of only ten milliseconds. with the five g. is served more much faster than four g. twenty times twenty times or more and we've reduced that lets you see on a result case just ok to step on that as you called the viet walkthrough you don't have the weird or heavy equipment and i say it's a totally why less mobile data networks are the hot topic in barcelona this year the number of networked gadgets is expected to grow rapidly from twenty twenty on along with the attendant risks i think five g. represents an opportunity it's going to signal the entrance of mochi all devices

that are literally going to revolutionize the way that we live the way that we work every component of our lives is going to be impacted but i think what that also represents is potential risk as well because you know things like driverless cars i mean everybody health care and so forth security and privacy is going to be literally the number one question that we'll be it's more than just a game it's a serious matter of evaluating and minimizing the potentially disastrous risks of a new technology that will be rolled out within the next two years. spectrum reader now and a surfer who is not only talented but also remarkably fairly still often go to get at least two things thank you for your time surfing watching the knicks. manning who famously punched the shot that attacked him has announced that he will retire after this month's rip cold pro event in his native australia the thirty six year old grabbed headlines in two thousand and fifteen after his tussle with the great

white shark that was captured live on t.v. at an event in south africa and these pictures have been watched over twenty five million times on you tube he was attacked by another shock at the same event two years later. despite the terrifying encounters fobbing quickly returned to compete at the highest level. as that fearless europeans might be surprised to learn that spring has begun at least according to the calendar material of just use this as a core from from siberia blasts the continent heavy snow fall has forced the student to suspend x. rafiq in geneva airport britain has issued its most severe weather warning as blizzard unstrapped lotteries on the roads overnight and even in parts of europe but the sun is shining looks can be deceiving. and. the sun rises over renishaw in western germany the clear skies belie the freezing

temperatures across the rest of the country. it may be meteorological spring but winter isn't going away without a fight like here on lake constance in southern germany where the beach is frozen solid. even the sun is no match for the so-called beast from the east the siberian cold front blanketing much of europe temperatures have plunged across the continent but not everyone is letting the chill get them down. and it's nice to drink something hot under the sun should i'm under certain constantly comply. thing about the weather but we can enjoy the nice cold days to ski more inspire fly go barefoot on my terrace in the morning it doesn't bother me zone the sun is warm and beautiful

if you dress properly and it feels like the beginning of spring to start from for yahshua nervy. the sun has officially set on winter but it's not ready to get it to you the freezing winds and heavy snowfall are expected to continue in much of europe. here's a recap of our top story germany's trying to determine the extent of a cyber attack on foreign and defense ministries a russian hacker group is believed to have group could into the german government next but it's accused of previous attacks on the u.s. on the u.s. angelic political party has. to be given a close eye on this story for you and bring you more details when they become available you can also check out our web site that's the w dot com for me on that that she is by for that.

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