From now on,
Germany will have a new type of armed forces - the cyber army. The
Cyber and Information Space Command started its work in Bonn, Germany
and is supposed to ensure the security of Germany's crucial
infrastructure.
The new army
unit is expected to take over the army's cybersecurity capabilities.
The staff now includes about 260 people, but by summer 2017 it
expected to recruit 13,500 servicemen.
The
initiative to create the "military force" came amid a rise
in cyberattacks on Bundeswehr networks since the start of this year.
In the first nine weeks, the ministry detected over 280,000 attempts
to breach its cyber defenses.
At the same
time, political observer Mikhail Scheinkmann perceives the new
initiative rather with humor.
"Where
the infantry or an armored train can't pass, a cyber-soldier will do
his work and stay safe. The Bundeswehr seems to have comprehended the
science of winning. Or, rather, military experts seem to believe it
as they have been insisting that all of Germany's combat potential is
in some virtual dimension. So, there you go: the Ministry of Defense
made a decision and took action," Scheinkmann wrote with
sarcasm.
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