THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court is operating under strong limitations on its digital systems after a hacking incident, sources and lawyers who work at the war crimes court said on Thursday.
Two lawyers at the court, and a source close to it who asked not to be identified, said it had disconnected most of its systems that can access the Internet, that employees cannot access email and that employees who are not working on site cannot access documents.
The ICC, based in The Hague, first disclosed a “cybersecurity incident” on Tuesday.
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ICC war crimes tribunal hobbled by hacking incident -sources
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ICC war crimes tribunal hobbled by hacking incident -sources
- Two lawyers at the court said it had disconnected most of its systems that can access the Internet
Germany to order strike drones worth 536 million euros
BERLIN: The German government plans to order strike drones worth 536 million euros ($638 million) from German startups Helsing and Stark Defense, part of a rearmament push after Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
The contracts for loitering munitions — drones that hover over a potential strike area before flying into targets — are part of a larger framework deal worth 4.3 billion euros.
The contracts, outlined in documents seen by Reuters, are widely expected to be rubber-stamped by the lower house of parliament’s budget committee. They were first reported by Spiegel magazine.
The drones are initially intended to support Germany’s 45th Tank Brigade, which is deployed in Lithuania.
According to the documents, the contracts with the two companies are to have a term of seven years. The initial batch is scheduled to be delivered by early 2027.
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