The German government has advised computer users not to run Internet Explorer and run an alternative browser instead. The as yet unpatched vulnerability is likely to be the same one blamed for the Operation Aurora hacker attacks on Google and on Google. The vulnerability is the same as the ‘Operation Aurora’ attack on Google, according to the German Federal Office for Security in Information Technology (known as the Bundesamt fr Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik or BSI)”]
Source: https://grahamcluley.com/german-government-internet-explorer/