{"Name":"AfD","Title":"AfD","Domain":"afd.de","BreachDate":"2026-09-09","AddedDate":"2026-10-27T07:01:06Z","ModifiedDate":"2026-10-27T07:01:06Z","PwnCount":345439,"Description":"In September 2026, the German political party <a href=\"https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/hacker-leaks-281-gb-data-germany-afd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) suffered a data breach</a> which exposed 345k unique email addresses. The following month, hundreds of gigabytes of data containing hundreds of thousands of emails and attachments was published online, with searchable AI-generated summaries and downloadable original files. <a href=\"https://www.lilithwittmann.de/blog/afd-hack-2026/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An analysis of the incident</a> reported that the breach was detected as early as 9 September, with a subsequent intrusion occurring five days later. <a href=\"https://www.afd.de/afd-zum-daten-hack-angriff-auf-parteiensystem-und-demokratie/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In its public statement</a>, AfD attributed the breach to an attack on a hosting provider, identified in subsequent reporting as the party-owned Alternita Dienstleistungs GmbH.","LogoPath":"https://logos.haveibeenpwned.com/AfD.png","Attribution":null,"DisclosureUrl":"https://www.afd.de/afd-zum-daten-hack-angriff-auf-parteiensystem-und-demokratie/","DataClasses":["Email addresses","Email messages"],"IsVerified":true,"IsFabricated":false,"IsSensitive":true,"IsRetired":false,"IsSpamList":false,"IsMalware":false,"IsSubscriptionFree":false,"IsStealerLog":false}