German politicians' data hacked, government cyber team in crisis meeting

ronjor · Jan 4, 2019

January 4, 2019 Reporting by Tassilo Hummel and Hans-Edzard Busemann; writing by Paul Carrel, editing by John Stonestreet

BERLIN (Reuters) - Hackers have posted personal data from hundreds of German politicians from major parties including credit card details and mobile phone numbers, with Chancellor Angela Merkel among those affected, local media reported on Friday.
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hawki · Jan 4, 2019

"(Bloomberg) -- Hackers have released private data linked to Chancellor Angela Merkel and hundreds of other German politicians in the biggest data dump of its kind in the country.

The information includes email addresses, mobile phone numbers, photos of IDs and personal chat transcripts,...

It looks like the hackers got the passwords to Facebook accounts and Twitter profiles and worked their way up from there,...

'It’s a very elaborately done social engineering attack,” he said Friday by phone. “It’s a lot of data that’s been dumped.'...

The German government is taking the attack 'very seriously,' spokeswoman Martina Fietz said a briefing with reporters on Friday..."

https://www.bloombergquint.com/busi...rsonal-data-of-hundreds-of-german-politicians

guest · Jan 6, 2019

Germany Reportedly Seeks U.S. Assistance After Hacking Breach
January 6, 2019
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-assistance-after-hacking-breach-bild-reports

Responding to the biggest data dump of its kind in the country, German investigators wanted the U.S. intelligence agency to lean on Twitter Inc. to shut down profiles with links to the data, Bild said, citing unidentified security officials. German authorities argued that U.S. citizens were among thousands of people exposed by the data dump.

The BSI issued a statement on Saturday saying it was approached by one lawmaker in Germany’s lower house, or Bundestag, at the beginning of December and began investigating. Only after the hacked information emerged on Thursday could the BSI determine that the cases were linked, the agency said.
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ronjor · Jan 7, 2019

Industry Reactions to Massive Data Leak in Germany

By Eduard Kovacs on January 07, 2019
The German government says there is no evidence that its computer systems have been compromised. The data appears to come from hacked email, social media and cloud services accounts.
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guest · Jan 7, 2019

Data theft: track of the politicians-Leaks leads to 19-Year-old in Heilbronn
January 7, 2019
https://www.newsarticleinsiders.com...cians-leaks-leads-to-19-year-old-in-heilbronn

In connection with the data theft affair, an attack on data of politicians and Celebrities, have investigators, according to the TV station ARD, the apartment of a man in Heilbronn searches.

The 19-Year-old working in the IT field and am currently listed as a witness in the proceedings, reported the ARD policy magazine contrasts and the rbb-info radio on Monday. The young man confirmed the RAID, according to the “Kontraste”. He had been questioned “for several hours,” he said.
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guest · Jan 8, 2019

German detained for data breach acted alone: crime office
January 8, 2019
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...breach-acted-alone-crime-office-idUSKCN1P210Y

A 20-year-old German man detained for a far-reaching data breach has told investigators he acted alone, motivated by anger at statements made by the affected politicians, journalists and public figures, the BKA federal crime office said on Tuesday.

“During questioning, the defendant stated that he had acted alone in the data spying and unauthorized data releases,” the BKA said in a statement released on Tuesday.
“The investigations have so far revealed no evidence of any third party involvement. On his motivation, the defendant stated that he acted out of annoyance at public statements made by the politicians, journalists and public figures concerned.”
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guest · May 26, 2020

Hacker, 22, who released personal data of German politicians charged
May 26, 2020
https://www.thelocal.de/20200526/hacker-behind-doxxing-of-german-politicians-charged

The German man -- arrested in January last year -- is accused of multiple computer crimes, as well as making false reports to the police and attempted blackmail.

Police at the time of his arrest said he had confessed to stealing and leaking online private data -- so-called "doxxing" -- from hundreds of politicians and public figures, among them Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The accused said his motive was being "annoyed" at some of their public statements.

When arrested, officials said the suspect had made a "comprehensive" confession and shown "clear remorse" for his hacking attacks on around 1,000 people.
Further charges include a blackmail attempt against six German MPs, in which the hacker demanded Bitcoin payments worth around €900 in exchange for withholding their personal data.
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