Germany starts nationwide cyberattack simulation exercise
Crisis teams and government authorities in Germany have started a two-day large-scale exercise simulating a cyberattack on the government and administration.
The exercise, named Lükex 23, was launched at 9 am (0700 GMT) on Wednesday by the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK), a spokeswoman confirmed.
“In terms of the number of actors involved, this is the largest Lükex exercise ever,” the head of the BKK, Ralph Tiesler, told dpa.
“For the first time in its almost 20-year history, all the federal states are participating.”
The exact scenario for the exercise was kept secret until the very end so as not to jeopardize it. Although about 60 authorities, companies and a total of about 3,000 people are taking part in the exercise, the population is unlikely to notice anything.
Lükex is the German abbreviation for “inter-state and interdepartmental crisis management exercise.”
In previous Lükex exercises, for example, the scenario of a pandemic was played out. In November 2018, the scenario was a gas shortage in southern Germany.
In Germany, the 16 federal states are responsible for disaster management. Civil protection – the protection of the population in the event of war, for example – is the responsibility of the federal government.
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