Cyber attacks

Illegale donaties, nazileuzen en zorgen om extremisme: dit staat in gehackte AfD-mails

NOS Nieuws27 October 2026, 14:34 UTC

Weinig Duitse onderzoeksjournalisten hebben dit weekend vrij gehad. Sinds de hack van meerdere mailboxen van de AfD spitten zij het enorme databestand van 281 gigabyte door. Maar liefst 421.326 mails liggen op straat, onder meer van partijleider Alice Weidel. Een deel is inmiddels uitgeplozen en waar mogelijk door Duitse pers geverifieerd. Het berichtverkeer laat zien hoe de partij, die door de veiligheidsdienst als mogelijk extreemrechts wordt gezien, intern functioneert. Ook zijn er onthullingen die kunnen leiden tot strafvervolging of heropening van strafrechtelijk onderzoek.

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