Hackers have posted personal data from hundreds of German politicians from major parties, including credit card details and mobile phone numbers, ARD TV said today.
#BREAKING
Germany faces the biggest hacker attack in its history.
Private data of almost 1000 German #Bundestag, #Regional Parliament & #EU delegates was leaked.
I worked through the leaked data all night. It's shocking!
Not affected so far: #AfD.https://t.co/26uaIyeeCS#BTleaks— Julian Röpcke (@JulianRoepcke) January 4, 2019
The data, published on a Twitter account, also included addresses, personal letters and copies of identity cards, the public broadcaster said, citing affiliate rbb.
All major German parties except for the far-right AfD are affected. Politicians from the far-left Linke party were among those affected, a spokesman confirmed to Reuters.
“I can confirm that there has been an incident”, the Linke party spokesman said, adding that Dietmar Bartsch, leader of the party’s group in Germany’s lower house of parliament, was among those affected.
The identity of the hackers and their motive were not known, the report said.
Huge hack in Germany reveals personal data of hundreds of politicians and other prominent people https://t.co/U2J7IJ0soa
— Thomas Seal (@TW_Seal) January 4, 2019
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