How Russian Hackers Infiltrated Germany's Parliament for a Full Year

How did Russian hackers spend an entire year inside Germany's parliament without anyone noticing? In this episode, Daniel Torres breaks down one of the most brazen cyberattacks in political history - a hack so deep and so quiet that it nearly rewrote European security forever. This wasn't some quick smash-and-grab operation. These hackers set up shop in the Bundestag for 365 days, stealing 16 gigabytes of classified data while German officials had no clue they'd been compromised. The kicker? It took four full days to kick them out once the breach was finally discovered. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • How APT28 (aka "Fancy Bear") turned a single phishing email into a year-long intelligence operation • The specific techniques that kept 16GB of stolen data flowing out undetected for months • Why German cybersecurity experts are still finding new attack vectors from this hack today 👤 Perfect for: anyone who thinks government cybersecurity is bulletproof and wants to know just how wrong that assumption really is. 📍 Chapters: [00:00] Daniel Torres introduces the Bundestag's year from hell [01:30] The phishing email that started it all [04:00] How Fancy Bear built their digital fortress inside German parliament [07:00] 16 gigabytes of secrets: what the hackers actually stole [10:00] The four-day nightmare of trying to regain control [12:00] Why this attack changed European cybersecurity forever 🔔 Never miss an episode: Follow Proof Positive on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and turn on notifications. New episodes drop daily - your next favorite investigation is one tap away. 🔍 Topics: Russian hackers, Bundestag cyberattack, APT28 Fancy Bear, German parliament security, political espionage Get new episodes at Proof Positive ------------- Keywords: media manipulation, fact checking, investigative journalism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices