Germany moves to give spy agencies hacking and sabotage powers
Germany’s cabinet approved legislation that would let its intelligence agencies hack foreign systems, sabotage adversaries’ supply chains and feed false information to extremists inside Germany, in the biggest overhaul of the country’s spy laws of the postwar era.
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Published: 13 August 2026
Source: The Record (Recorded Future News)
Category: News
Topics: Regulation
Retrieved: 14 August 2026
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