politicians at all levels including the german chancellor angela merkel of the foreign minister heikal mohsen also. the president of the put the stock both on choice in fact there were very few politicians who were not targeted most were from chancellor merkel's conservatives also from the center left social democrats the left party the notable exception the far right a.f.d. the party confirmed yesterday that none of their lawmakers were affected german authorities say the government's i.t. network was not compromised and looking at where the information came from the intent remains on clear some politicians are demanding action. and what i heard shocked me this is a grave attack on democracy in our country. there are massive problems in the digital security architecture we put titian's haven't looked off this enough in recent years can we commit to the government has gross and neglected that. we have to take action this is a turning point i mean. for more of the story we're joined in story here by is of us she is an expert on cyber security currently at berlin's digital society institute's i

impacted politicians at all levels including chancellor angela merkel of the foreign minister heikal mohsen also the president of the bundestag both i'm sure in fact there were very few politicians who were not target at a most were from merkel's conservatives also the s.p.d. and the left party the notable exception of the far right a.f.p. the party confirmed yesterday that none of their lawmakers were affected german authorities say the government's i t network was not caught. and they're looking at where the information came from now the intent remains in clear some politicians are demanding action. and what i heard shocked me this is a grave attack on democracy in our country. there are massive problems in our digital security architecture we put tensions haven't looked off as enough in recent years can we commit to the government has growth and neglect that if. we have to take action this is a turning point and it's. all right this is a turning point a need for action very clear message there from german lawmakers we have our political correspondent maximiliano with us here in studio sh