UPDATE: More Sabotage—Germany Completely Compromised?

2 days ago we published a report on the alleged sabotage of German communication lines…

The critical infrastructure failure led to the suspension of Germany’s high-speed rail in the northern regions of the country. This is an enormous problem for a country that essentially relies on public transportation.

Directly following those events, Germany’s Interior Minister, Nancy Faeser, stated that she wants to fire Arne Schoenbohm—the country’s head of cybersecurity.

Schoenbohm is alleged to have had contacts with Russian intelligence personnel…

The head of the country’s entire cybersecurity infrastructure may be compromised by their biggest foreign adversary—how has this been allowed to happen?

According to other reports, former German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has a long and questionable history of Russian and soviet ties…

Is the German state completely saturated and compromised by Russian agents at this point, the same way the upper echelons of our own government are compromised by China?

Here are the latest developments:

#UPDATE Germany is planning to fire Arne Schoenbohm, the head of its national cyber security agency, after reports he had contacts with Russian intelligence services, government sources told @AFP on Monday. pic.twitter.com/1lv8Vo8QB1

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) October 10, 2022

The interior minister wants to fire the country's cybersecurity chief, according to German media. Reports allege Arne Schönbohm had contacts with individuals connected to Russia's spy agency.https://t.co/rkh2Xb5ij0

— DW News (@dwnews) October 10, 2022

The Hill had this to say about Schoenbohm:

Arne Schoenbohm, who heads the BSI agency, co-founded a cybersecurity group a decade ago that brings together experts from public institutions and the private sector.

German media reported that one of its members is a company founded by a former Russian intelligence agent.

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Reports that Arne Schoenbohm, Germany's cyber defense chief, could be removed over ties to Russian intel via Berlin's Cyber Security Council, is more proof that powerful EU nations compromised their own security to placate Moscow instead of building better ties with real allies. pic.twitter.com/mcXNcLNTkk

— Nicholas Waller (@N_A_Waller) October 10, 2022

Press reports how Arne Schönbohm, head of the cyber agency, to be sacked for (seemingly) indirect links to a Russian FSB front. I accused himin 2019 for something potentially worse: A German engineer out to whitewash high-risk vendors.https://t.co/icZuXLmN8H

— Hosuk Lee-Makiyama (@leemakiyama) October 10, 2022

Reuters reports:

Schoenbohm was a founder of the association, which counts as a member a German company that is a subsidiary of a Russian cybersecurity firm founded by a former KGB employee, they wrote.

Schoenbohm did not immediately reply to a message sent to him via social media.