Germany’s cybersecurity chief fired following reports of alleged Russian ties

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Berlin CNN  — 

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser sacked Arne Schönbohm, the head of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), with immediate effect from his duties, a spokesperson for the ministry told CNN on Tuesday, after recent media reports alleged he had links with people involved with Russian intelligence services.

“There was no longer any confidence in Schönbohm’s leadership,” the spokesperson told CNN.

In the wake of the “current crisis situation regarding Russian hybrid warfare,” the allegations “have permanently damaged the necessary public trust in the neutrality and impartiality of Schönbohm’s conduct of office as president of Germany’s most important cybersecurity authority,” the spokesman said in a statement.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/18/europe/germany-cybersecurity-russia-ties-intl/index.html