One Country Looks to Protect its Elections

Country: Germany

The protections that Germany seeks to combat election hacking:

• Greater hacking authority for its law enforcement
• Specifically, Germans are pushing for the ” use co-called Staatstrojaner, or “state-trojan,” to break into computers and smartphones.”
• German high courts have limited the ability for government hacking unless lives are at stake.

SC Media | Lawmakers in Germany push for encryption-busting trojan in lead up to election