A technical error in Bavarian judicial infrastructure caused a multi-hour outage of telephone and email services, underscoring the need for continuity plans for critical public services.
The use of Palantir’s Vera by Bavarian and other German police authorities raises questions about constitutional permissibility that data protection officials have been criticizing for some time.
Bavaria is testing alternative software solutions to make its administrative structures less dependent on Microsoft by March 2027, but so far plans only a pilot project in one ministry.
