BERLIN – A top leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party said her website had been hit by thousands of cyberattacks – many from Russian IP addresses – before Sept. 3 televised election debate.
Reuters: Merkel ally cites thousands of cyberattacks from Russian IP addresses
German Chancellor and head of the Christian Democrats party Angela Merkel (R) and CDU Secretary General Peter Tauber watch an exhibit on cyber-mobbing during the opening ceremony of the CDU election campaign exhibition, so-called walkable campaigning program (Das Begehbare Programm) in Berlin, on August 18.