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Germany moves to give spy agencies hacking and sabotage powers

·Source: The Record

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Executive Summary

Germany’s cabinet approved legislation that would let its intelligence agencies hack foreign systems, sabotage adversaries’ supply chains and feed false information to extremists inside Germany, in the biggest overhaul of the country’s spy laws of the postwar era.

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Germany’s cabinet approved legislation that would let its intelligence agencies hack foreign systems, sabotage adversaries’ supply chains and feed false information to extremists inside Germany, in the biggest overhaul of the country’s spy laws of the postwar era.
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Originally published by The Record on Aug 13, 2026.

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