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German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser fired the head of the BSI national cybersecurity agency, Arne Schönbohm, after media reported that he had links with people involved with Russian intelligence services.
The Federal Ministry of the Interior initiated disciplinary proceedings against him, which Schönbohm said he instigated to understand the facts that led to his firing. Schönbohm’s firing is reportedly not due to new information against him but is based on an internal assessment of already known facts.
The concerns about his dismissal allegedly stem from allegations that Schönbohm maintains close ties to a cyber security association, Cyber Security Council of Germany, he co-founded and formerly headed and its current president, Hans-Wilhelm Dünn. The organization came under fire after Russia launched its war in Ukraine over the connection of one of its members to the Kremlin.
The cybersecurity company, Protelion, which was the primary focus of concern, was ejected from the Council las…
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