Hackers publish 281 GB of AfD party emails
The gist
Unidentified hackers published 421,179 internal AfD emails, about 281 gigabytes, from roughly ten party inboxes.
The far-right party tops German polls, so the leaked files touch its national campaign.
How it unfolded
- Sep 3, 2026The AfD parliamentary group in the Thuringian state parliament reported another cyber intrusion: unknown individuals took over the account of press spokesman Hans-Jörg Jenewein and sent phishing emails from it.
- Sep 2026According to the party, a hosting provider used by the AfD was hit by a hacking attack in which parts of a few email accounts, most unused for years, were apparently copied unlawfully.
- Oct 19, 2026An anonymous archive page went online claiming to hold over 421,179 emails, around 281 gigabytes for download, plus internal documents and complete mailbox contents.