German spyware scandal expands to political, legal circles

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15475258,00.html

Ten days after the revelation that the German government's authorized
spy software went far beyond legal surveillance and wiretapping, the
scandal continues to have political, technical and legal effects
throughout Germany.
...

Anke Spriestersbach, a BKA spokesperson, confirmed the statements, and
added that that all digital surveillance activity by the BKA and
individual states ceased immediately following last Saturday's
revelation by the Chaos Computer Club, a well-known German hacker
club, that the software went beyond its legal restrictions of
wiretapping and surveillance of a target computer.
...
_______________________________________________
Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts.
https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec
Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.