Recent reports have highlighted a series of security concerns involving Germany, a NATO ally, in relation to Russian intelligence activities and the use of Chinese technology. The Financial Times and Newsweek have reported on the alarm within Western intelligence services following the leak of a recording of German officers by Russian intelligence, underscoring the sophistication and scale of Russian espionage efforts, described as "higher than in Cold War" times. In a related development, Germany's military has been offering communication apps to soldiers and federal employees on Huawei's App Store, despite the Chinese telecom giant being deemed a security risk by the U.S. and EU. This move has raised questions about Germany's commitment to NATO's security protocols. BWI GmbH, the IT provider for the German army, launched the BundesMessenger app for federal employees, available on Huawei's AppGallery, Google's Android, and Apple's iOS stores. The app's launch, aimed at up to 5 million federal employees, including about 100,000 soldiers since December 2021, signifies a potential vulnerability in secure communications. Moreover, an intercepted call between senior German air-force officers discussing sensitive military support for Ukraine was leaked by Russia, causing frustration among NATO allies and sparking a debate on Germany's reliability. This "Russian phone tap fiasco targeting NATO generals" and the revelation that "Europe has kicked out Vladimir Putin’s spies. Now they're back" have intensified concerns over espionage and security within the alliance.
Singapore sting: How Russia listened in on German general https://t.co/qCeoceNPkl
Russia has put the German Ministry of Defense in a stupid position - The Economist Three days after Russia published a recording of an intercepted telephone conversation between senior German officers, the German Defense Ministry is again in a stupid position, writes The… https://t.co/ZwFpEjtas1
🇬🇧🇩🇪🇷🇺🇺🇦🚨‼️ Cameron: “As long as we're not in the situation where a NATO soldier is is killing a Russian soldier we are not causing escalation” -> The German Air Force leak has proven that the British provide targeting data, program and load the Storm Shadow missiles onto the… https://t.co/TUfIzKowlE
It’s been a bad week for Germany's military. Can the country still be trusted by its allies? On “The Intelligence”, @maxrodenbeck reports on the fallout of the force’s recent blunders https://t.co/RzWUPupnxF https://t.co/C4ArJBNiIB
An intercepted call between four senior German air-force officers was leaked by Russia. They were discussing the hyper-sensitive matter of supplying German-made missiles to Ukraine. It has infuriated NATO allies and reignited a fierce debate https://t.co/eEG9paVFGp 👇
Russian spy activity ‘higher than in Cold War’ – FT Expelling hundreds of suspected agents from the country’s embassies has made counterintelligence harder, a source told the paper https://t.co/KF8cScns4c https://t.co/czTBy5nLE3
"the old model of 'legal' Russian spies working out of embassies still holds in traditionally neutral countries such as Austria and Switzerland...nearly a third of Russia’s intelligence operations across the continent were now run from Vienna and Geneva." https://t.co/fF0VuHEIET
BWI GmbH, the dedicated IT provider of the 🇩🇪 army, known as the Bundeswehr, launched the BundesMessenger app for up to 5 million federal employees last Dec on 🇨🇳 Huawei's AppGallery, as well as on Google's Android and Apple's iOS stores. Since 2021 about 100,000 🇩🇪 soldiers are… https://t.co/7fcZzvQD8K
"The military in NATO ally Germany is offering communications apps to soldiers and other federal employees on Chinese phone maker Huawei's app store": https://t.co/uBB9cbXLth
Europe kicked out Vladimir Putin’s spies. Now they’re back - “The Russians are such klutzes,” the same intelligence officer said. “But, they can also do some very sophisticated operations that, in intelligence terms, are stupendously cool.” https://t.co/qL5ArS1uM7
🇪🇺🇷🇺🚨‼️ “Europe has kicked out Vladimir Putin’s spies. Now they're back" The scary days of the ubiquitous KGB are back - Russian intelligence officers are carrying out "incredibly cool operations" in the West. “Russia has aggressively resumed its spy war with the West, and… https://t.co/vHVvwgWIrk
.@strand_consult in Newsweek on #Russian phone tap fiasco targeting #NATO generals: "Placing vital military and federal communications apps on Huawei's AppGallery highlights #German #security weaknesses." https://t.co/IIs0ZpZTPC
Germany is offering communications apps to soldiers and other federal employees on Chinese phone maker Huawei's App Store https://t.co/euxJ1wSsW9
Great read by @dktatlow: “NATO ally Germany is offering communications apps to soldiers and other federal employees on Huawei's app store — even though the telecoms giant has been deemed a security risk by the U.S. and EU. … it raised new questions over Germany's commitment to…
Western intelligence services, after the leaking of a recording of the conversation of German officers, are alarmed by the scale of the work of the Russian intelligence services, writes the "Financial Times". ▪️They, as the newspaper writes, believe that the work of the Russian…
New tech scare over NATO ally Germany after Russian tapping fiasco https://t.co/OBZ0mxU6iC