The existence of a trojan isn't a secret. It was discussed publicly in germany and there's even a ruling from the highest german court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) on constraints for law enforcement while using it. Basically this is the modern wire tapping.
The scandal, discovered by CCC, is that the trojan is capable of much more than it is allowed, basically it can do everything what code allows. In Addition the security measures are implemented amateurish, e.g. no encryption for remote commands or same keys used in every instance of the trojan.
And the FAZ (http://www.faz.net/ - Germany's NYTimes) is making this its top story in its sunday edition. So its in main media ...
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