this is deja vu views coming to you live from berlin germany says hackers have infiltrated some of the government's most sensitive next floods media reports investigators still don't know the extent of the breach russian links hackers are believed to have gone to the cyber attacks a group that has apparently hit political targets before coming up russian president vladimir putin says it leaves out an ambitious vision points country pledging to cut poverty in half and on the nation with nuclear weapons that can be intercepted speech or an opposition politician. also in the program pleasance who

want to detain draft suspects manged by a moderate to and just this final article of the edges brings to the italian mafia at the highest levels of government particular look at the fallout after the explosive claims. hello and welcome i've ever thought she. authorities in germany say hackers have infiltrated salt the country's most sensitive computer networks media reports say the cyber attack was discovered in december but it may have been going on for more than a year a group with links to the russian intelligence 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 where the foreign and defense ministry as they searched for information about russia and ukraine lawmakers are now asking why they heard nothing in their intelligence briefings even though the agencies apparently knew about the breach about government 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 fatah defense minister i don't always get. 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.

we have noticed 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 a twenty fifteen cyber attack against the german parliament 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 me to discuss this issue is dog vexes 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 s w t o l welcome to both of you let me 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 very 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 fancy becky 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 that 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. 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 parliaments are more than disappointed because. we do know know that since december the attack has been known 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 very shocked but 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 a difficult to find a read this attack is come 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 but it's right a base doesn't 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 contains language samples

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 an actor operating under the guise of someone else so it's identity it's very likely 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 is similar in the entry and intrusion of actor that 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 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 seek security loopholes and 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 will be the first step to do that but we also need more buy chips for defense we need more buy chips for a reason software for updated software we very often find public services and public authorities outdated software packages these very often contain a lot of security back doors and this is the danger we also have not enough competence amongst. civil agents who work on those authorities basics like how safe are your passwords and how do you 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. special conversations on the committee of the agenda for example this afternoon and yeah 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 as she was an expert in cybersecurity thank you thank you to both of you for sharing your expertise with us on w. and russian president vladimir putin says his country has tested a new missile that could reach anywhere in the wide putin showcased a range of new weapons a short while ago during his annual state of the union address delivered to top

russian lawmakers he said the united states had abandoned nuclear arms reduction agreements and that russia had been developing the weapons in response you know so outlined domestic goes in the speech pledging to cut poverty in half over the next six years and strengthen what he called the country's democratic institutions but he's joining me now from moscow is a bloody need milan's he's a former deputy energy minister turned opposition politician and is a strong supporter of kremlin critic alexa navai who's been barred from running in this month's presidential election welcome to you now do you think you speech president to science and russia needed for to expand liberties in all spears and strengthen institutions off democracy that's surely something you'd welcome one to you oh i think everybody who is interested in the subject have observed the dynamics of russian civil rights democratic institutions over the past couple of

decades well putin was in power we are in the company of the war scoundrels in the world in terms of civil liberties in terms of political freedoms and less secret to anybody so i think this is just one another example of for total detached demagoguery about we heard from many years including many other issues that you have said today and not only the election is in less than three weeks it seems a fairly foregone conclusion that putin will win your body has called for a boycott of the poets what do you hope to achieve by that. i think we want to stay on the same side as the great majority of the russian population which basically shows no real interest in the procedure that they call the elections because you can see that basically on a very low interest on the t.v. debates between counter the. tremendous efforts by old administrative folks across the country to bring people to the polls were sort of the russians are not

political enthusiastic so i think really the societies on our side people demand answers they are fed up with demagoguery and they just don't want to plea puppets and there's another reason stole the show with them but president bush is expected to win by a huge majority another me has been bought from running and so you know encouraging people to not to would why didn't you or the party but for what another candidate to give us support is a chance to vote for someone else because if you take a look at the real russian reality on the ground it took more than the decades to actually breathe of this national wide known and recognized candor that is not vitally we just don't have to in the years ahead of us we have only three weeks to push forward absolutely on lone person would be. really assistance to push him would be just another puppet kind of the would help with my eyes his election what do you want to do there we want our candidate to be registering old gentleman

constituent constitutional rights to run and give us a sense of how difficult has it been for you to be a member of the opposition in today's russia it's extremely difficult to know when every day when i will consume my home i have to look around because just a couple days ago one of the opposition heads of municipal councils in moscow was badly beaten and his car park when he was in his car to go home just because of his position he firmly opposes authorities in his district. co-author overweighed worst natural for we just recently commemorated some other anniversary of his mourner it's not easy but we have to continue someone has to do this and stand up for russians for their rights and for their liberties and for the future of russia that to be rid of a former deputy energy minnesota and opposition politician thank you very much for talking to d w that not being young is it but some of the stories making news

around the wasn't white house communications had hoped picks announced her resignation she's seen as one of president donald trump's most trusted and long serving aides six eisa resignation has nothing to do with the testimony this week to a conversational panel proving alleged russian meddling of the two thousand and sixteen election. u.s. retail giant board mata said it will stop selling firearms and ammunition to people under the age of twenty one the announcement follows a similar move by fellow retailer dick's sporting goods fresh debates about gun control have broken out after last month's deadly school shooting in florida. ceremonies in south korea have been commemorating the start of the korean movement for independence from japanese colonial rule president james spoke at an event in seoul and urged to plan to confront and apologize for wartime wrongdoing such as

forcing women into sexual slavery. to still walk and now where police have arrested seven the town and businessman named by a mud a journalist as having links to government corruption 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 published his last unfinished article it claims have shocked the nation. journalists young 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 and his fiance martina were found in their bratislava home. in one thousand nine percent convinced that the murder is connected with his writings about a link between italian mafia and slovakian politics. could see

a story name two officials who have now resigned pending an investigation one of them maria told a score for 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. 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'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 ex grieving supporters want his work to be continued they marched and brought his lover 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. it watching the news coming up ahead rint it isn't going away without a fight in europe a cold front going down from the arctic to close the continent i mean i think chris . joins me and the european union has recently removed a tie to implement those who want to move within the bill that's right and this has been a fiercely debated topic and read of the same pay for the same work at the same location that is the goal of an e.u. workers' directive from last year it was designed to protect the mess to work forces and highways countries like france and germany but the workers imported from

low wage from resources poland don't want to give up their no wait status arguing it threatens their livelihoods if they have to compete on a level playing field brussels are now taking action setting new wage guidelines for trends in workers. more on this let's cross over to our correspondent in brussels tell us more about this compromise that has been reached today. it seems indeed chris of that the risk of undercutting wages in rich western nations of the of the e.u. has been abolished with this compromise that has been achieved and so it basically means that you get the same wage for the same work in the same location so for instance plumbers carpenters will now receive if they work in the in the same country re safe the same minimum wage receive the same await schnabel and so far that has not been the case well but there is still the question about social

standards that are included in this whole debate so standards in the eastern european countries remain lower than in the west so is this picture still distorted that's right the the new workers directive in a sense does not undercut salaries anymore but it would undercut social standards but here's an important point that you need for a compromise like this so far the countries in the east of europe really did not want to compromise on this because they needed comparative advantage and now if the social costs are still paid in the home country that gives them a little bit of a comparative advantage compared to the workforce and in rich countries and here's a key another key element of course there is a time limit on this so far the workers could be posted for a maximum of twenty four months now the french president who has spearheaded the efforts to reform this directive as demanded that this is cut in half and the

compromise here is it is now cut in half so the maximum period is twelve months but it can be extended by six month so it looks like a good brylin every compromise but that's what it is preliminary so still the member states and the e.u. institutions will now have to agree to this so it becomes law your mother stayed on your correspondent in brussels thank you for analysis. tough times continue at embattled german carmaker opel even under a new owner peugeot citroen the company can't seem to be able to shake off its troubled past from its takeover in august to december last year and racked up operating losses of almost one hundred eighty million euros a consolation the losses have gone down but much needs to change opals c.e.o. says he plans to solve matters by twenty twenty through cost efficiency and exports for years opel has been in general motors hands of has made a profit in almost twenty years. and staying in the automotive sector of the world's biggest component supplier for the car industry bosch is backpedaling on

its theme ability ambitions the company announced it was giving up on the research of new batteries for electric cars project bosch has invested heavily into it is unclear why the company is taking the step and hansing battery efficiency and thereby extending the range of the cars has been a key challenge to the automotive sector by twenty twenty five the battery market should be worth about two hundred fifty billion euros and now it looks like they'll be built without any german or european influence leaving european car makers dependent on for us. the world congress is drawing to a close today this year's buzzword of the world's biggest fair for mobile communication in barcelona has been five jeep the network that's set to enable ultra fast transmission of large quantities of data promoters 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 up front is not long to wait before the electric co 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 car off the german or to make you want its first driverless model on the road by twenty twenty one. but almost entirely autonomous vehicle. in the demo showcase which we've put on at the mobile world congress see also navigates using a digital map we've made of the exhibition ground. 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 player's vests where the response time of only ten milliseconds. with the five g. is more much of foster the fourth year twenty times twenty times or more and we've reduced the lights and see are a result case just ok to step on that as you call the v.m. walkthrough you don't have to way or go heavy equipment and i say it's a totally wild less mobile data network so the hot topic in barcelona this year the number of network 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 are going to be literally being 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. and inspect on radon and some fears last sixteen and congress at the mexican open that's exactly right because still the mexican open enters the quarter final stage and friday after a dramatic round of sixteen was settled in acapulco on wednesday of the day's last thrilling encounters so argentina has a lot in the auto take on spaniard david ferrer in a three set straight up on germany's alexander said it was also an action. martin del potro looked comfortable after claiming the opening set of his last

sixteen encounter against david ferrera. the spaniard hit back however taking the second set by the same scoreline to set up a tense finale. but del potro held his nerve emerging with a six three victory to set up a quarter final showdown with austria's dominant. germany's alexander's veteran also booked his place in the last eight overcoming compadre it peter doyle check in straight sets he faces usas ryan harrison on friday. the europeans might be surprised to learn that spring has begun of this according to the calendar used by weather experts because the continent is still in the grip of an icy front from siberia heavy snow has forced switzerland to suspend air traffic at geneva after what britain has issued its most severe weather warning as visits have made driving hazardous and though the sun is shining in some places

looks are deceptive. the sun rises over renishaw in western germany the clear skies belie the freezing temperatures across the rest of the country. it meaning 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 and don't understand constantly complaining about the weather but

we can enjoy the nice cold days to get more inspired i go barefoot on my terrace in the morning it doesn't bother me as a zone or should involve the sun is warm and beautiful if you dress properly and it feels like the beginning of spring to start from flush on earth and. this sun has officially set on winter but the cold isn't ready to say goodbye just yet the freezing temperatures are expected to continue throughout much of europe. here's a recap of our top story in germany is trying to determine the extent of a cyber attack on the government ministries a russian hacker group is the victim group going into the high security network is accused of previous attacks on us in jail and political parties. that's it for now .

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