GreenergyDaily

May. 27, 2025

Germany’s electricity supply infrastructure increasingly represents a target for cyber attacks, Claudia Plattner, president of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), told Funke Mediengruppe.

"Energy supply in Germany is becoming more decentralised," Plattner argued. Smaller power plants like wind turbines are being installed across the country, and they are "often less well protected against attackers than large power plants," she said.

Additionally, electricity supply is becoming more digitalised. "We need this modernisation, but we need to protect it well," said Plattner.

"Russia currently poses the most urgent and immediate threat to Germany's cyber security" overall, said Plattner. However, Germany is currently being targeted by several other states as well, including China, North Korea and Iran.

"Germany is an attractive target – for both economic and geopolitical reasons," said Plattner.