German domestic spy agency expects further cyber attacks before election

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's domestic intelligence agency expects further cyber attacks directed against German politicians and government officials ahead of national elections on Sept. 24, the agency's chief Hans-Georg Maassen told a conference on Thursday.

"We expect further attacks, and we are keeping a very close watch on the threats," Maassen told the conference in Potsdam near Berlin, noting that the agency had detected and been able to thwart repeated email phishing attacks directed at Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU).