Overview
- In early August a drone carrying explosives was found at Leipzig Airport in what officials say was an apparent attempt to target a Ukrainian Antonov aircraft.
- Forensic reporting found the device contained two SIM cards and a 5G router that can enable control over commercial mobile networks, a detail that complicates detection and attribution.
- Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has opened the Cochstedt Technology Centre for Drone Security and ordered an expansion of the federal police counter‑drone unit to speed development of detection and mitigation tools.
- Separately, two Berlin senatsverwaltungen were taken offline after a hacker attack and are under forensic investigation by the LKA, the public prosecutor and the BSI while officials dispute whether sensitive data were exfiltrated.
- Other strains on public resilience include a weeks‑long drought that the German Farmers’ Association says has cut open‑field yields and could raise food costs, and a UDV study showing a continuing rise in aggressive road behaviour that is worsening casualty trends.