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COVID-19 Deniers are Radicalizing, According to Germany's Counterintelligence
A regional intelligence chief in Germany has warned that those who deny the existence of the coronavirus are becoming more radical, DPA reported.
Ex-porn actor German spy guilty of trying to share state secrets
A former German intelligence agent who was also an ex-gay porn actor was Tuesday given a one-year suspended sentence for attempting to share state secrets while pretending to be a jihadist online.
The 52-year-old named as Roque M., made headlines when he was arrested last November in what initially appeared to be a case of an Islamist mole at work in Germany’s domestic spy agency.
14,000 PKK sympathizers in Germany: Intel report
There are more than 14,000 sympathizers of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Germany, according to a report by the country's domestic intelligence service.
The Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Germany's domestic intelligence agency, said in its annual report for 2016 that the group has been recruiting militants in the country.
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Germany braces for Russian cyberattacks on election campaign
The German domestic security watchdog warned Tuesday that the country's political system was likely to face cyberattacks from Russia in the run-up to September's general election.
German intelligence 'concerned' Islamists recruiting refugees
German intelligence warned on Sept.22 that the number of Islamic extremists in the country had increased sharply in recent months and expressed serious concern that they were recruiting among refugees.