The European Union (EU) has imposed sanctions on two people, including Russia's intelligence chief, in connection with a 2015 cyber attack on Germany.
According to the German broadcaster DW, the European Union has imposed sanctions on two people, including Igor Kostikov, the head of Russia's military intelligence. An EU statement said the two men had hacked Germany's parliament in 2015.
The target of these cyber-attacks was to steal information from the German parliament, which caused the parliament to be suspended for several days. A lot of data and e-mail accounts of several members of parliament were hacked, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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