{
  "id": 16193378,
  "title": "AfD leak: How Handelsblatt checks the data set – and what it reveals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/afd-leak-wie-das-handelsblatt-den-datensatz-pruft-und-was-er-preisgibt",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-23T14:14:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/afd-leak-wie-das-handelsblatt-den-datensatz-prueft-und-was-er-preisgibt/100264341.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "A cache of over 421,000 internal emails from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been leaked and obtained by a news outlet. The emails, which date back to 2013, include communications between AfD officials and journalists, including a 2016 email from Handelsblatt reporter Dietmar Neuerer to the party's Christian Lüth regarding an interview with AfD politician Alice Weidel. The authenticity of the emails has been verified through digital signatures and cross-checking with publicly available information, including details of large donations to the party. The leaked emails are being analysed using artificial intelligence, with journalists reviewing the content to ensure accuracy.",
  "summary": "More than 400,000 emails from the inner workings of the AfD are circulating online. The Handelsblatt has examined the material - including emails that its own reporters once sent to the party.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}