[pp.int.general] Translation of press release concerning the raid to find the leak in the "Bayerntrojaner"-Case

[Christian Hufgard]

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Hi everyone,

I would be glad, if you would send this mail to your local press and
distribute it to your members.
Today it was published in all major IT portals and  two nation wide
newpapers (Frankfurter Rundschau - print distribution, Süddeutsche -
online portal). It shows pretty good, how important our work is.


Christian Hufgard

Vice Chairman of the Hesse Pirate Party

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Party in the spotlight – Existence of the „Bayerntrojaner“ confirmed

A few days ago, Bavarian Police raided the private rooms of the press
spokesman of the German Pirate Party (Piratenpartei Deutschland). Like
in the "Cicero Case", the authorities were searching for a leaker in
their own rows. In january during the discussion about the so called
„Bundestrojaner“ (Note: „Federal Trojan“, a spy software for
infiltration of private computers by state authorities), the Pirate
Party released an internal document of the Bavarian department of
justice received by an unknown person, which shows that such software
might already be used without legal authorization. After the raid, the
authenticity of this document can be considered confirmed.

The situation is politically charged because of the affected person
being a member of the executive committee of the Bavarian Pirate Party.
The German Pirate Party repeatedly criticized this kind of spy software
already. They further say, that there must be more parliamentary control
over services like the BKA (Note: The German Federal Police, something
like the US FBI) instead of more uncontrollable permissions for them, to
prevent the civil rights from being undermined. Jens Seipenbusch, Vice
Chairman of the PIRATEN says: „This procedure can only be considered a
repression of our political efforts. It looks like some of our state
officials want to establish a surveillance state without the people
noticing.“

The raid of the Pirate Party's press spokesman's private rooms must
therefore be considered an intimidation, especially since the
investigators should have known, that he does not know the identity of
the leaker. Moreover a server of another party member, which was hosted
in Bavaria, was seized. The danger of information stored on this server
being analyzed is low though, since it was encrypted with strong
encryption software.

Andreas Popp, Chairman of the Bavarian Pirate Party says: „A brave
person leaks documents to the Pirate Party, to inform the public about a
procedure of the Bavarian Government, which is highly likely to violate
the constitution. Now this persons is hunted like a criminal. Private
rooms are raided, servers get seized. I want to tell this person, that
measures have been taken to avoid unwanted access to data, which might
lead to his or her identification.“

press contacts:

Andreas Popp
Chairman of the Bavarian Pirate Party
E-Mail: andreas.popp at piratenpartei-bayern.de

Thorsten Wirth
Chairman of the Hesse Pirate Party
E-Mail: t.wirth at piratenpartei-hessen.de

Jens Seipenbusch
Vice Chairman of the German Pirate Party
E-Mail: js@ piratenpartei.de
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