“It can be assumed that numerous signal groups in the parliamentary area are currently being read out by the attackers almost unnoticed.” The sentence takes a moment until its significance sinks in: unknown people are apparently reading along with what is happening in the political arena Berlin exchanged between MPs.
The sentence is contained in a 20-page security notice to the parliamentary group leaders and federal offices of the parties, which the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) sent last Tuesday. It is available to TIME. Several high-ranking victims of phishing attacks on the messenger service have now become known. According to a report by SPIEGEL, this also includes the President of the Bundestag Julia Klöckner.