Hacker leaks 281 GB of data from Germany’s far-right AfD party
Summary: Germany's far-right AfD party confirmed a breach after a hacker published 281 GB of stolen data, including 421,179 internal emails and more than 100,000 files, via a torrent linked from the Hexane.cc leak site. The party said its hosting provider was hacked in September and some mailboxes copied, while reports suggest access may have come through an unpatched website, a claim not independently verified.
Bottom line: The leak site does not publish the emails directly but shows AI-generated summaries rated Low to Critical, and the party says those summaries contain several inaccuracies - a reminder that AI-written digests of stolen data can mislead as confidently as they inform. The hacker also claims someone using a Proton Mail address offered 100,000 Euros to take the leak site down.
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