The head of Germany's national cybersecurity agency is under scrutiny over reports of ties to Russian intelligence, officials said Monday.
Arne Schoenbohm, who heads the BSI agency, co-founded a cybersecurity group a decade ago that brings together experts from public institutions and the private sector. German media reported that one of its members is a company founded by a former Russian intelligence agent.
"The Interior Ministry takes the matters reported over the weekend seriously and is investigating them comprehensively," the ministry said in a statement. There is growing concern in Germany that the country's critical infrastructure might be targeted by Russia because of Berlin's support for Ukraine. On Saturday, an apparent act of sabotage forced German rail company Deutsche Bahn to halt passenger and cargo trains across the northwest of the country for nearly three hours.
After the nearly three-hour suspension, Deutsche Bahn said the problem -- a "failure of the digital train radio system" -- had been resolved but that some disruptions could still be expected. It later said the outage was caused by sabotage. Transport Minister Volker Wissing said cables that are "essential for handling railway traffic safely" were deliberately severed at two separate locations. He said Germany's federal police were investigating the incident.
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