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Hacker leaks 281 GB of data from Germany's far-right AfD party

by Graham CLULEY bitdefender.com published 2026-10-233 min read

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.

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