Hacks, leaks, fake news: German fears before September vote

The BSI believes Merkel and her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) are being particularly targeted by APT 28, a Russian group.

BERLIN: After election hacks in the United States and France, Germany is worried it will be next.

Four months before an election in which Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes to win another term, Germany's national cybersecurity agency BSI warned political parties to shore up their computer defences.