
Hackers broke into the mailboxes of AfD politicians and published 281 GB of data, including e-mails and identity documents.
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Cybercriminals broke into the mailboxes of politicians of the right-wing populist AfD party and published a huge amount of stolen data online.
On Tuesday, the German tabloid "Bild" reported a spectacular hacker attack on the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD). Cybercriminals broke into the mailboxes of this party's politicians and then published a huge amount of stolen data online. According to the findings of "Bild", the senders of the intercepted messages included: AfD co-chair Alice Weidel and famous members of the Bundestag: Alexander Gauland and Leif-Erik Holm.
Hundreds of thousands of messages and sensitive data
The scale of the leak is huge - hackers obtained as many as 421,179 messages with a total volume of 281 gigabytes. The disclosed materials included not only e-mails, but also photos of identity documents, bills, bank account statements, certificates and membership applications.
"Bild" informs that the published data includes, among others: photo of the ID card of the vice-chairman of the AfD faction in the Bundestag, Markus Frohnmaier, and the list of party members from North Rhine-Westphalia.
AfD confirms the attack, but calms down
An AfD spokesman confirmed the hacker attack that took place in September 2026. He assures that cybercriminals gained access mainly to old mailboxes that have not been used for years.

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