Hacker leaks 281 GB of data from Germany's far-right AfD party
- Germany's far-right AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) party has confirmed that it has suffered a security breach, after a hacker published what appear to be hundreds of thousands of the controversial political party's internal emails.
- Earlier this week, the AfD admitted that its hosting provider had been hacked in September, and that some of its mailboxes had been copied.
- The party claims that most of the affected mailboxes had not been used for years, but the leaked archive reportedly includes messages dated as recently as 12 September 2026.
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- Germany's far-right AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) party has confirmed that it has suffered a security breach, after a hacker published what appear to be hundreds of thousands of the controversial political party's internal emails.
- Earlier this week, the AfD admitted that its hosting provider had been hacked in September, and that some of its mailboxes had been copied.
- The party claims that most of the affected mailboxes had not been used for years, but the leaked archive reportedly includes messages dated as recently as 12 September 2026.
Sources: Bitdefender