Germany hires new cybersecurity chief in wake of Russian scandal

Germany’s interior ministry has announced the appointment of Claudia Plattner, formerly the director general for information systems at the European Central Bank (ECB), as its new cybersecurity chief.

Plattner joins the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) in the wake of a scandal left by its former president Arne Schönbohm, regarding accusations that he had associated with a business connected to the Russian intelligence services.

A trained mathematician, with master’s degrees in both mathematics and applied mathematics, Plattner will …

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