Bundestrojaner
Aliases: 0zapftis, R2D2
- First seen
- 2011-10-10 00:00:00
- Malware type
- spyware, trojan
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:51:02
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector
Targeted regions: country_code:de
Context
Bundestrojaner, also known as 0zapftis or R2D2, is a government-developed spyware program used by German law enforcement for surveillance purposes. It has been deployed to monitor communications and activities on targeted devices.
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Bundestrojaner_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Bundestrojaner (report)
- f-secure.com — 00002249 (report)
- ccc.de — Staatstrojaner Report23 (report)