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Time for Germany to prepare for influence operations

We should assume that Russian intelligence agencies have already gained access to the servers of German political parties and parliament, and should focus our attention on how we will react to the release of that information. Instead of using the material for political gain, parties need to stand together, and the media must pay special attention to reporting on potentially tampered information. Mirko Hohmann made these and other points on Thadeusz und die Beobachter, which aired on Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb) December 14