AfD email-host breach exposed 345,000 addresses, HIBP says
Original title: Attack on email hosting provider for German far right party AfD exposed 345k accounts
Have I Been Pwned confirmed the scale after the party disclosed a September attack on its hosting firm, Alternita.
A cyberattack on Alternative for Germany exposed confidential emails, attachments, and more than 345,000 unique addresses, Have I Been Pwned said. AfD said only a few accounts were copied but a large amount of their data was taken and later summarized on an activist site. A journalist, citing the criminals, said access began on September 9 through a poorly protected WordPress site and that more than a terabyte left Alternita Dienstleistungs GmbH; officials have not verified that account. The party notified account holders, reported the attack, and disputes the AI-written summaries.
Unconfirmed: Criminals' claims of WordPress access, persistent server access, and more than a terabyte taken are unverified; AfD disputes the AI summaries and has not authenticated the raw files.
- Have I Been Pwned confirmed more than 345,000 unique email addresses.
- AfD disclosed the September attack on its hosting provider last week.
- Journalist Lilith Wittmann said the intrusion was spotted on September 9.
- Der Spiegel said Alice Weidel appeared to know of illegal 2017 donations earlier than stated.
- AfD has not confirmed whether the downloadable raw email files are authentic.
Impact: Confidential party emails and 345,000 addresses exposed
- Organizations
- Have I Been Pwned
- Countries
- Germany
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