Germany is preparing a legal framework for cyberattack responses after supermarket refrigeration systems were targeted in several European countries, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Wednesday at a Berlin conference.
Dobrindt spoke at the annual conference of Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office. He said the framework was being established to enable Germany to respond in cyberspace, and that he was prepared to put the measures into effect.
He described the supermarket incidents as a “next-level” hybrid attack and said Germany’s response should leave hybrid actors facing greater consequences, while increasing the risk and cost of carrying out such operations.
Anadolu Ajansı reported that the targeted refrigeration and freezer systems were in Germany, France and other European countries. Dobrindt identified Russia as the main actor behind hybrid threats and said Iran and North Korea were also sources of such attacks, Anadolu Ajansı reported.
The outlet also described attacks on critical infrastructure, including industrial operations, public services, rail networks and airports.
