Germany wants to sic spyware on terror suspects
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Conservative government is backing a proposal allowing authorities to transmit Trojans to suspects through official-looking e-mails. Opposition parties and privacy advocates cry foul.
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WIESBADEN, Germany -- European investigators need to have sharper tools and share intelligence better to be able to apprehend suspected terrorists faster, French and German officials said yesterday.
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Germany orders the arrest of 13 suspected CIA agents over the alleged kidnapping of one of its citizens.
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A decision Monday by the German Federal High Court renders it illegal in that country -â for now -â for police and intelligence services to use clandestine tools such as Trojan horse routines, or what would normally be categorized as malware, for use in surveillance on federal suspects.  But that ruling could actually launch a new law that makes such surveillance viable.
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A German proposal to deploy "trojan horse" software to secretly monitor potential terror suspects' hard drives sparks fierce debate over whether the measures violate civil liberties.
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Â· Internet industry asked to help curb illegal materialÂ· Terror bill proposes new powers against suspects
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WASHINGTON  - The network of the suspects arrested last month in an al Qaeda-linked bomb plot in Germany may have extended to Syria and other countries in Europe, the German interior minister said on Monday. "They worked in a very conspirative and professional conspirative manner," Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told reporters as he met U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff in Washington. German police earlier this month arrested three men, said to have trained at militant camps in Pakistan, on suspicion of plotting large bomb attacks on a Frankfurt airport and U.S. installations in Germany. U.S. electronic surveillance played a key role in disrupting the plot, authorities have said.
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When it comes to who can and who can't be a hacker, the German government appears to want its cake and eat it, too.
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(InfoWorld) - A law allowing security officials in Germany to create the largest and most comprehensive pool of personal data ever amassed in the country goes into effect Thursday as the European Union's largest member state moves to protect itself against possible terrorist attacks. The databases of nearly 40 different agencies, including the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), will be linked to allow authorities to run searches on suspected individuals and retrieve information within minutes. Support for the security measure has grown in Germany and many other E.U. member states that worry about their national security being increasingly threatened by international terrorism, organized crime, and illegal immigration. To what extent the numerous databases are already linked -- BKA alone has more than 100 -- and how access to data will be controlled are details the German government isn't prepared to disclose. What is know is that an expanded index file will be created for suspected terrorists. The file will contain the person's name, bank account number, telephone number, e-mail address, driver's license information and other data, including the names of companies, organizations and other parties associated with the person and linked to terrorist groups. Germany is at the forefrontÂ of European efforts to fight terrorism. In a December meeting of E.U. justice ministers in Dresden, the German government sought support for a package of measures that could give police and other security forces in the region unprecedented access to a range of individuals' personal data. The measures, known as the Treaty of Plum after the German town where the accord was signed by several E.U. member states in 2005, would allow police and other security agencies in different countries to search each other's databases for DNA records, fingerprints, vehicle registrations and other personal information. During its E.U. presidency, Germany hopes to muster enough support to turn the private Treaty of Plum into E.U. law. Â
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Plan to target websites that 'groom' terrorists
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Chancellor Merkel seeks to boost surveillance after a plot to bomb German trains was foiled.
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A security organization has suggested police use key-logging software to track communications between terrorists.
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A decision from Germany's highest court resolves confusion over police power to covertly install spyware on the computers of suspected criminals.
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At least five of the suspects in a terror plot disrupted last week in Germany received training at camps in Pakistan.
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Starting in November, German passports will store digital fingerprints as one of several biometric security measures planned to fight organized crime and international terrorism.
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A law allowing security officials in Germany to create the largest and most comprehensive pool of personal data ever amassed in the country goes into effect Thursday as the European Union's largest member state moves to protect itself against possible terrorist attacks.
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German authorities on Saturday said they were awaiting a formal request from Spain to extradite a Syrian-German businessman suspected of being a key al-Qaeda figure.