Germany sacked its cybersecurity chief amid Russia rumours.

Interior Minister Nancy Faeser fired the head of Germany’s national cybersecurity agency on Tuesday. He was being looked at because of rumours that he had ties to Russian intelligence. Germany sacked its head of cybersecurity over rumours that he had ties to Russia. Follow hitsbuddy for latest news.

Interior Minister Nancy Faeser fired the head of Germany’s national cybersecurity agency on Tuesday. He was being looked at because of rumours that he had ties to Russian intelligence.

Arne Schoenbohm is in charge of the BSI agency. Ten years ago, he helped start a cybersecurity group that brings together experts from both the public and private sectors. German news outlets said that one of its members is a company that was started by a former Russian spy.

In a statement, the ministry said, “The Interior Ministry takes the reports from the weekend seriously and is looking into them thoroughly.”

Because Germany is helping Ukraine, there is growing worry in Germany that Russia might try to attack the country’s most important infrastructure. On Saturday, what looked like an act of sabotage caused Deutsche Bahn to stop all passenger and freight trains in the northwest of Germany for almost three hours. Germany sacked its head of cybersecurity over rumours that he had ties to Russia.

After the nearly three-hour wait, Deutsche Bahn reported that the problem, a “failure of the digital train radio system,” had been resolved, but that further delays were possible. It was later said that the outage had been caused on purpose.

Volker Wissing, who is in charge of transport, said that cables that are “essential for safe rail traffic” were cut on purpose in two different places. He said that the incident was being looked into by the federal police in Germany.