The media reported a powerful cyberattack on the resources of the AFG

The Internet resources of the German Alternative for Germany (AfD) party were subjected to a powerful cyberattack, as a result of which more than 400 thousand emails of politicians were leaked to the network. This was reported by the German newspaper Bild on October 20.

"Large-scale data theft in the Alternative for Germany party! Unknown hackers broke into the party's mailboxes and posted the correspondence online. <...> It is reported that the total number of [compromised] emails is 421,179," the publication says.

It is clarified that among the published materials there is a photo of the identity card of the deputy chairman of the AFD faction in the Bundestag, Markus Fronmaier, as well as other documents: accounts, bank statements, certificates, applications for membership in the party and lists of members of regional branches in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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