Germany seeks powers for spies to hack and disrupt attackers

BERLIN: Germany plans to give its spy agencies powers to hack, disrupt and deceive foreign attackers in a major overhaul of post-war intelligence limits, aiming to harden its response to growing cyber and hybrid threats, according to a draft law seen by Reuters. German spy agencies are ‌more tightly ‌regulated than many foreign services and have mostly ‌been ⁠limited to watching ⁠and reporting. After World War Two, lawmakers wanted to stop any security body from becoming too powerful inside the state.

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