Parties: Hacker attack on email accounts of AfD
Unknown individuals are boasting online about having published around 421,000 AfD emails. It is unclear whether the files are genuine, but the AfD confirms that it was the target of a hacker attack.
Berlin - According to the AfD, a hacker attack resulted in the possible theft of data from the party's email accounts. "In September 2026, a hacker attack on one of our party's hosting providers occurred, during which apparently parts of several email folders - most of which had not been used for years - were unlawfully copied," the AfD stated upon request.
The "Bild" had previously reported on this. Recent AfD federal association email folders were not affected. Unknown individuals allegedly published data on the internet, claiming it pertains to around 421,000 AfD emails. The authenticity of these emails is unclear. They assert that the data concerns ten email folders, including an account named after former AfD party leader Alexander Gauland and a contact account used by the AfD for federal office affairs.
The AfD added that the attack was quickly detected and stopped, and all users were informed. "The subsequent online publication of a portion of these data is being examined," they further stated. An initial assessment of the matter can only be made after completing the examination.
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