Hacker leaks 281 GB of data from Germany's far-right AfD party
Germany's far-right AfD party has confirmed a significant data breach involving 281 GB of internal emails. A hacker leaked the data via a site that uses AI to summarize the contents, though the party claims the AI summaries contain inaccuracies.
Why it matters
This incident highlights the growing intersection of political espionage and AI-driven data analysis, raising concerns about both cybersecurity and the reliability of automated information processing.
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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 .
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