Large Amount of Data Leaked: AfD Email Accounts Hacked—Hundreds of Thousands of Emails Stolen
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Key FactsUnknown Actors Claim 421,000 AfD Emails Were Published
3 days ago · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: stimme.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: stimme.de
- The AfD said parts of a few mailboxes, mostly unused for years, were copied in September 2026; current federal-association accounts were unaffected.
- Unknown actors claim to have posted around 421,000 AfD emails from ten accounts, including one belonging to Alexander Gauland.
- The material could not initially be independently verified; the Federal Office for Information Security said it was in contact with the AfD.
- The AfD said the attack was quickly detected and ended; the publication is being reviewed.
We are greatly concerned that, apparently, a very rudimentary AI analyzed the contents of the stolen documents. It was about keywords, not the context.— AfD – statement on request by dpa regarding the handling of the stolen email data
Key FactsAlleged attackers address AfD data breach
19 hours ago · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: heise.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: heise.de
- On October 20, the AfD confirmed a September attack on a hosting provider; Berlin’s data protection authority and BSI are involved.
- The interviewee attributed access to hundreds of AfD domains and different systems, which created multiple entry points and attack routes.
- The unknown attackers obtained over 400,000 emails and tens of thousands of attachments, publishing them early this week; data from uninvolved people apparently appeared.
- In the Zeit Online interview, they cited transparency and justice as motives and referred to indications of financial misconduct.
This is how domineering Alice Weidel is said to have been with her party colleagues
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Key FactsAfD Leak Puts Alleged Weidel Emails in Focus
8 hours ago · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: stern.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: stern.de
- Unknown parties published more than 280 gigabytes of data early this week, including nearly half a million emails and documents.
- IT experts consider the leaks authentic; the AfD acknowledged data theft but has not commented on the contents.
- At least five accounts bearing Weidel’s name are linked to at least 27,000 emails between 2015 and 2024.
- The dataset suggests that a Weidel account contacted Überlingen’s citizen service in July 2018 about address-related questions.
Dear fellow campaigners, for months a rumor has stubbornly persisted within our own board that municipal election candidates could register for the election using the address of a to-be-founded campaign office / district office.— From a muttered email in the AfD leak, sent from an account bearing Alice Weidel's name; context: internal party communications of the AfD Baden-Württemberg (2018).
"Muslims", "Monster Merkel": What is known so far about the massive hack against the AfD
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Key FactsAfD Hack Exposes Alleged Internal Communications
4 days ago · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
- The publicly accessible datasets are said to contain emails spanning 2014 through 12 September 2026.
- According to the website, the released collection also contains 39,000 attachments and 49,000 documents.
- The AfD confirmed an attack on a hosting provider and said the publication was currently under review.
- The attacker remains unidentified, while the data has not yet undergone independent verification.
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Messages to 6500 contacts: Hackers hijack CDU account and send phishing email to Merz
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Controversy over menu at Möhnesee. The menu at "Fränkies Hütte" at Möhnesee describes steak doneness levels in a slightly different way: men order rare ... Show more
Online-Marktplatz gehackt - Ricardo meldet Datenleck bei 890'000 Konten: Betroffen sind Namen, Postadressen und Telefonnummern. E-Mail-Adressen und ...
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Setback for Amazon: Higher Regional Court bans fake email address in legal notice
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BND Vice President used mobile number found online: The mobile number, email address, and postal address of the Vice President of the BND (Federal Intelligence ...
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Raid in Dubai: Wind energy fraudster Hendrik Holt, who escaped on day release, has been apprehended
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Recklinghausen: AfD sets course for North Rhine-Westphalia after victory in Saxony-Anhalt
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Women's shelter Recklinghausen: New violence protection center in church: "INSEL": New violence protection center in Recklinghausen-König Ludwig ...
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The state festival parade transformed Oberkirch into a stronghold of traditional costume wearers on Sunday. Civic militias and marching bands paraded through ... Show more
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Herner Straße, Recklinghausen: Pottfit Prime plans to open a new gym next to Rewe
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AfD election victory: Recklinghausen's Mayor Tschersich warns: After the AfD's election victory in Saxony-Anhalt, Recklinghausen's Mayor Axel ...
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Dortmund: Southern bypass to Phoenix-West opens: It is intended to relieve surrounding neighborhoods and facilitate access to Phoenix-West: The new southern ...
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This email from Deutsche Bahn is an outrage.: A 15-year-old boy wanted to travel by ICE train from Ravensburg to Dortmund. What his father experienced ...
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Thunderbird: Version 155.0 brings enhanced S/MIME, new OAuth, and many bug fixes: My service message for everyone who relies on the open-source email client: The ...
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Dropbox: Security incident due to vulnerability in Lenovo SSO login: This is another wild story. Dropbox is currently informing several users via email about ...
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Cloud problem: Worldwide email outage - | Microsoft systems are running again: Microsoft has largely resolved the massive disruption to email traffic for ...
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Microsoft experiencing email outage: A fault in the Exchange Online cloud infrastructure crippled email traffic on Microsoft systems worldwide ...
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What's going on at ChatGPT? Some users are being bombarded with verification codes
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Savings bank account hacked: Auetal small business owner loses €23,800: Three weeks later, an extortion email arrives
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IP logging is insufficient: Court demands proof of email address for advertising emails
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The Mummelsee King has been delighting visitors to the lake on the Hornisgrinde for generations. Now, a 16-year-old is keeping the tradition alive ... Show more
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Franz Hölzl aus Reisbach hat diesen goldigen Schnappschuss von seinen Enkeln Marissa (5), Josef (4) und Magdalena (7) auf dem Festplatz gemacht ... Show more
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Crisis at the Koblenz site: This is how the ZF Group reacts to the works council's threat
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Gmail's Verified Sender Program Lets Political Committees Bypass Spam Filters: Gmail users will still be able to mark these messages as spam. If users mark more ...
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Koblenz site: ZF works council announces "tough clashes": It had been hinted at recently and is now becoming increasingly concrete: Escalation is on the horizon ...
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🚮 Public trash cans are for everyone to use, which makes it all the more frustrating when they are deliberately destroyed, set on fire, or stolen ... Show more
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Repeated destruction and theft of public trash cans
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Account blocked? This Sparkasse email is a trap - | here's how to protect yourself now.
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Penal order: Young woman from Aargau harassed driving instructor for months: Despite blocking and clear rejection, she continued to write to him via various ...
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US Treasury yields are rising to new yearly highs, while oil prices continue to climb. However, gold, silver, and mining stocks are showing increasing relative ... Show more
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These are our three news stories of the week from the Ortenau region. 🔹Several fires have kept the region on edge in recent days: warehouses, forests ... Show more
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Thunderbird wants to put an end to settings chaos: The Thunderbird team is planning a comprehensive overhaul of the settings to make them more understandable and ...
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Mishap due to misdirected email: Hospital discloses data of 135,000 patients: At the Emmendingen District Hospital, patient data was accidentally sent to an ...
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Police warn of PayPal fraud with "Secure Payment" on classified ads: The "Secure Payment" system is supposed to protect buyers on the classifieds platform from ...
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A simple guide to opting out of junk mail: Discover easy ways to stop unwanted junk mail and credit card offers using trusted opt-out websites.
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Copying text from the internet: With this trick, it lands directly in the email.: Using the mouse, keyboard shortcuts, or right-clicking, the content ends up in ...
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How SRF reacts to Patrick Fischer's accusations: Patrick Fischer speaks publicly for the first time since his dismissal as national hockey coach due to a ...
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Hotel rejects booking with anti-Semitic justification: A hotel refused a booking from Israel - | on the grounds that it does not accommodate Jews ...
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iOS 26.6 alerts you upon running out of blocked contacts limit, and that’s a problem
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Explosive email: Pentagon considers excluding Spain from NATO: An internal Pentagon memo is causing movement within NATO: Spain is in the crosshairs - | even the ...
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Penalties for other allies?: Internal email: US outlines Spain's exclusion from NATO
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Key FactsUS Considers Sanctions Against NATO Allies
Apr 24, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
- The US Defense Department is evaluating punitive measures against allies who do not adequately back the Iran conflict.
- Spain is a primary target due to its refusal to allow use of its bases for strikes on Iran.
- Expelling Spain from NATO would carry significant symbolic weight but limited impact on US military operations.
- The US is also reconsidering diplomatic support for Britain's colonial holdings amid tensions with Argentina.
AfD member calls reporter "scribbler" and apologizes: AfD state chairman Markus Frohnmaier called a journalist from the "Südkurier" a "scribbler" in an email - | ...
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Pentagon Email: U.S. Threatens NATO Partners with Sanctions: Washington is considering punitive measures against allies who do not open their bases for the war ...
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In Switzerland, the retirement age of 65 is clung to with trepidation. Those who want to decide for themselves when to stop working are, in most cases ... Show more
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Rat Poison in Hipp Baby Food: What We Know: So far, five poisoned jars of Hipp baby food have been found; one may still be in circulation in Austria ...
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Auch Nato-Militärs im Visier: Bericht: Angreifer hacken sich in E-Mail-Konten ukrainischer Staatsanwälte
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Palace confirms: Emails between Mette-Marit and Epstein permanently lost: Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit had contact with Jeffrey Epstein via email ...
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Restricted zones and parking bans: These traffic restrictions apply in Fulda during the Hessentag
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Legal stories: The missing email: A debt collection office lost an email in which an objection was raised against a payment order and mistakenly threatened the ...
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Flight attendant strike: 400 Lufthansa flights canceled in Munich: This is the third strike by flight attendants at Lufthansa: In Munich alone ...
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Key FactsLufthansa Strike Disrupts Stuttgart Flight Schedule
Apr 10, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de
- Eight Lufthansa flights connecting Stuttgart will be canceled Friday due to a cabin crew strike.
- The strike spans from 00:01 to 22:00 and also affects Lufthansa CityLine departures at multiple German airports.
- Cabin crew members of Lufthansa and CityLine voted overwhelmingly in late March to initiate the industrial action.
- The dispute concerns collective agreement negotiations and the absence of a social tariff contract at CityLine, which plans to cease operations next year.
All departures of Deutsche Lufthansa AG from the Frankfurt and Munich airports will be on strike.— Said by the UFO union (Gewerkschaft UFO) regarding the Lufthansa cabin crew strike.
This year we would like to publish another photo gallery: Please send us your best photos of the Easter bonfires in the city and district of Hildesheim ... Show more
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“Fitbox” fitness studio in Peine closed: What’s going on?: Customers are at a loss: Since early March, the Peine branch of the “Fitbox” chain in the City-Galerie ...
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Thousands of people are expected to attend the demonstration in Hamburg. Demonstrations have also been announced for this week in other major cities ... Show more
Katherina Reiche's ministry had emails sifted: Things remain turbulent for Katherina Reiche. After criticism of her energy policy, new trouble is brewing: It ...
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Police search Epstein's Zorro Ranch 🔎 Authorities are investigating leads regarding possible further crimes involving the sex offender ... Show more
"Classified" document leaked: Ministry of Economic Affairs allegedly searched civil servants' email accounts
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In Canberra - | Queen Mary impresses in a floral look: Queen Mary and King Frederik are on a six-day state visit to Australia. At the reception in Canberra ...
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Constitutional lawyer: Boundary crossed in Söder's State Chancellery: Government and CSU offices must be strictly separated, according to Markus Söder's ...
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Post office installs new mailbox at train station: Emsdetten • In many areas, email and WhatsApp have long since replaced letters. But sometimes you still want ...
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OpinionInside Austria: What the Epstein complex has to do with Austria: A surprising number of leads in the affair surrounding sex offender Jeffrey Epstein point to ...
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Openclaw: AI agent unexpectedly empties entire email inbox - | Golem.de: After weeks of testing, an AI security researcher let Openclaw process her real emails ...
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Caution: Why you should no longer write "Dear Sir/Madam" in emails: The appropriate salutation in emails shows respect and sensitivity towards the recipient of ...
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Børge Brende, president of the World Economic Forum (WEF), is resigning over the Epstein files. This comes just weeks after the Forum launched an independent ... Show more
Key FactsWEF Chief Resigns Amid Epstein Controversy
Feb 26, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: zdfheute.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: zdfheute.de
- Børge Brende resigned as president of the World Economic Forum amid the Epstein scandal.
- The former Norwegian foreign minister cited careful consideration as the reason for his departure.
- The WEF launched an investigation into Brende’s connections to Epstein earlier in February.
- His resignation aims to allow the forum to continue its work without distractions.
the right time to continue his important work without distraction.— Brende, President of the World Economic Forum, stated this on Thursday in connection with the Epstein scandal.
OpinionShopping and striking are not mutually exclusive: In an email to Jeffrey Epstein, former Barclays CEO Jes Staley claimed that the masses would not revolt against ...
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Daughter Beatrice also in focus: Email: Epstein financed Fergie for years: New documents reveal explosive details about Sarah Ferguson's financial ties to ...
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Data breach at Microsoft: Bug allows Copilot to read confidential emails - | Golem.de
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Bill Gates antwortete kaum: Mit wem hatte Epstein den meisten E-Mail-Kontakt?: Die Epstein-Akten zeigen, wie wichtig dem Sexualstraftäter die Pflege seiner ...
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Action against cat suffering: Animal shelter plans neutering day for strays: Joint action against animal suffering: On February 24, the Fulda-Hünfeld animal ...
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Jeffrey Epstein's mysterious connections to Russia: The sex offender, who died in custody, threatened in a draft email with his "friends in the FSB" and ...
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How young Eastern European women fell into Epstein's net: The sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein ran a network for recruiting young women. They often came from Eastern ...
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