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Case not linked to international spying, reckon sources. Hmmm A 20-year-old German man has confessed to what that country's media is calling "the Hacker Attack", a years-long data exfiltration...

German police said Tuesday they arrested a 20-year-old suspect in the case of private data stolen from hundreds of politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, and published online. read more

For over a month, hackers published data from hundreds of German politicians in a Twitter advent calendar - a massive government assault.

Germany’s IT security agency on Saturday defended its response to the leaking of hundreds of politicians’ private information, after lawmakers accused it of failing to inform them quickly enough. read more

Chancellor Angela Merkel Among the Victims of Massive Hack Attack and Data LeakHundreds of members of the German parliament, including the country's chancellor, Angela Merkel, as well as multiple...

It's not clear why the data release wasn't noticed earlier.

Germany has been hit with the biggest hack in its history. A group of unknown hackers has leaked highly-sensitive personal data from more than 100 German politicians, including German Chancellor...

Hundreds of German politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, have fallen victim to a massive online leak of private data, the government said Friday. "Personal data and documents belonging...

We won't be having a word with local firms until then Germany's top cybersecurity official has said he hasn't seen any evidence for the espionage allegations against Huawei.…

Germany's IT watchdog has expressed scepticism about calls for a boycott of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, saying it has seen no evidence the firm could use its equipment to spy for Beijing, news...