AfD confirms breach after hacker publishes 281 GB mail archive
Original title: Hacker leaks 281 GB of data from Germany's far-right AfD party
The torrent is said to hold 421,179 emails and over 100,000 files, with messages dated through September 12, 2026.
Germany's AfD party confirmed that its hosting provider was hacked in September and that some mailboxes were copied. Hexane.cc published AI-written summaries of internal emails and offered the 281 GB archive by torrent, which the hacker says contains 421,179 emails and more than 100,000 files. The party says most affected mailboxes were unused for years, while reports say messages run through September 12, 2026, and that AI summaries contain inaccuracies. An unpatched-website entry path and a claimed 100,000-euro takedown offer are not independently verified.
Unconfirmed: Reports that access came through an unpatched website, and the claimed 100,000-euro offer, are unverified.
- AfD said the hosting provider was hacked in September and some mailboxes were copied.
- The archive is distributed by torrent rather than shown in full on the leak site.
- Party sources said the emails looked authentic but AI summaries had inaccuracies.
- On September 3, a Thuringia spokesman warned his work email sent phishing with PDF attachments.
Impact: Copy and publication of internal party emails and files
- 1.Treat the torrent as untrusted; stolen archives have previously been used to spread malware.
- Victims
- Alternative für Deutschland
- Organizations
- Hexane.cc
- Countries
- Germany
From the original article
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Germany's far-right AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) party has confirmed that it has suffered a security breach, after a hacker published what appear to be hundreds of thousands of the controversial political party's internal emails. Earlier this week, the AfD admitted that its hosting provider had been hacked in September, and that some of its mailboxes had been copied.
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