Hackers Attack Hundreds Of High-Profile German Politicians, Post Private Data Online
In the days before Christmas, the private data of some of Germany's most powerful leaders was trickled out "in a kind of Advent calendar," a German broadcaster reports.
by Bill Chappell
Jan 04, 2019
2 minutes
Hackers have published cellphone numbers, credit card data and private communications belonging to members of nearly every German political party, in a sweeping breach last month that reportedly also affected German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the only main party whose members were spared from the attack, according to , a Berlin-based public broadcaster that
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