The massive data leak comes as Berlin’s political establishment intensifies efforts to legally ban the Alternative for Germany
Germany’s most popular political party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), has suffered a massive cyberattack, with unknown hackers reportedly stealing and publishing hundreds of thousands of internal emails, while the country’s political establishment seeks grounds to outlaw the opposition party.
The breach, first reported by Bild on Tuesday, allegedly exposed 421,179 emails totaling 281 gigabytes, including correspondence involving AfD co-chair Alice Weidel, honorary chairman Alexander Gauland and other senior party figures.
The leaked material reportedly includes photographs of identity documents, bank statements, invoices, membership applications and internal party lists. Bild said it had examined a small sample of the files, including an identity card belonging to Markus Frohnmaier, deputy leader of the AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
The identities and motives of the hackers remain unknown, while the authenticity of the published material has not been independently established.
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