epa05653127 Hans-Georg Maassen, head of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt fuer Verfassungsschutz), waits prior to the start of the autumn conference of interior ministers and interior senators at the convention hall in Saarbruecken, Germany, 30 November 2016. Media reports on 30 November 2016 state that an employee of the German intelligence agency has been arrested after making Islamist statements and sharing agency material. EPA/OLIVER DIETZE
BERLIN: Germany should be able to counter hacking attempts with its own cyberattacks, the head of Germany's domestic intelligence service told dpa.
"We consider it necessary that we not solely engage in defence," Hans-Georg Maassen said. "We must also be in a position to attack so that the antagonist ceases further attacks."
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