Germany's government was marshaling its defenses on Thursday against a powerful cyberattack that lawmakers said had breached the foreign ministry's computer network and whose origins were unclear.
The head of a parliamentary oversight panel said the attack was continuing, and security officials were trying to maintain control.
"It is a veritable cyberattack on parts of the government network," conservative lawmaker Armin Schuster told reporters. "It is a continuing process."
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