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Hackers Attack Hundreds Of High-Profile German Politicians, Post Private Data Online

In the days before Christmas, the private data of some of Germany's most powerful leaders was trickled out "in a kind of Advent calendar," a German broadcaster reports.
Hacked information that was leaked via Twitter included private data from German Chancellor Angela Merkel — seen here speaking in Germany's Bundestag last month.

Hackers have published cellphone numbers, credit card data and private communications belonging to members of nearly every German political party, in a sweeping breach last month that reportedly also affected German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the only main party whose members were spared from the attack, according to , a Berlin-based public broadcaster that

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