Sichere Inter-Netzwerk Architektur
{{Short description|Cryptographic system}}
Sichere Inter-Netzwerk Architektur (SINA) is a cryptographic system developed by and a product of the Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, an arm of the German government.{{cite news |url=https://www.bsi.bund.de/EN/Themen/Oeffentliche-Verwaltung/Zulassung/SINA/Systembeschreibung/systembeschreibung.html |title=SINA system description }} It also has the anglicized name Secure Inter-Network Architecture.{{cite news |url=https://www.bsi.bund.de/EN/Themen/Oeffentliche-Verwaltung/Zulassung/SINA/sina.html |title=Secure Inter-Network Architecture (SINA) }} As of April 2024 the cryptosystem was employed by "many European governments for transmitting classified information".
History
SINA came to prominence in March 2023 when it was divulged in a court warrant for the arrest of the Austrian intelligence officer Egisto Ott, who has a relationship with Wirecard fraudster Jan Marsalek, that a SINA laptop was handed to the Russian secret services,{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/c3b50060-aa53-40fd-a698-579e8e1ae67d |title=Wirecard fugitive helped run Russian spy operations across Europe }}{{cite news |url=https://www.novinite.com/articles/225336/Austria+Grapples+with+Espionage+Scandal+Tied+to+Bulgaria |title=Austria Grapples with Espionage Scandal Tied to Bulgaria}}{{cite news |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ex-wirecard-manager-jan-marsalek-lieferte-geheim-laptop-an-russische-agenten-a-de9e43d6-77df-4f2c-9b74-483ff14d1174 |title=(S+) Jan Marsalek: Ex-Wirecard-Manager lieferte Geheim-Laptop an russische Agenten |newspaper=Der Spiegel |date=3 April 2024 |last1=Dobrokhotov |first1=Roman |last2=Grozev |first2=Christo |last3=Lehberger |first3=Roman |last4=Schmid |first4=Fabian }}{{cite news |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/oesterreich-spionage-russland-marsalek-egisto-100.html |title=Österreicher soll russische Dissidenten ausspioniert haben }}{{cite news |url=https://www.profil.at/investigativ/egisto-ott-marsaleks-langer-arm-nach-moskau-russland-spionage/402841483 |title=Egisto Ott, Marsaleks langer Arm nach Moskau |date=2 April 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.agenzianova.com/en/news/germania-austria-nuovi-dettagli-sulla-rete-di-spie-russe-dellex-wirecard-marsalek/ |title=Germany-Austria: New details on the Russian spy network of former Wirecard Marsalek |date=3 April 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.profil.at/investigativ/ott-marsalek-weiss-spionage-russland/402843829 |title=Spionageskandal Ott: Wie konnte das passieren? |date=4 April 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.fr.de/politik/marselek-spionage-skandal-oesterreich-ott-wirecard-russland-sina-berlin-zr-92985457.html |title=Spionage für Russland: Skandal in Österreich stellt Verbindung zu Marsalek her |date=4 April 2024 }} specifically the Lubyanka Building office of the FSB.{{cite news |title=An espionage scandal rocks Austria, laying bare alleged Russian spying operations across Europe |url=https://apnews.com/article/austria-spying-scandal-russia-ott-marsalek-wirecard-8921f3ce95b30646ee1952bf8949a43f |first=STEPHANIE |last=LIECHTENSTEIN |publisher=The Associated Press |date=8 April 2024}}
The Austrian authorities report that Ott received €20,000 for the laptop from Marsalek.{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-austria-spy-service-bvt-government-intelligence-wirecard-jan-marsalek-freedom-party/ |title=Putin hijacked Austria's spy service. Now he's going after its government |date=24 May 2024 }}