Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) told the Funke Media Group newspapers today that Germany is exposed to a hybrid threat from Russian warfare: “Putin is launching hybrid attacks, and Germany is a particular target. He knows us well, Putin knows how to pin-prick us.” But Pistorius did not provide any hard evidence of his charges.
Pistorius mentioned a “combination of classic military operations, economic pressure, computer attacks and propaganda in the media and social networks ... not only to cause damage, but in particular to destabilize societies and influence public opinion. Open, pluralistic and democratic societies offer many targets for this and are therefore easily vulnerable.”
