Overview
- The AfD acknowledged that some mailboxes were copied in late September 2026, and the hackers then published roughly 421,000 emails (about 281–300GB) through a BitTorrent file and a searchable site called 'hexane'.
- The dataset contains internal party correspondence, attachments such as account statements and ID copies, and numerous messages with racist, antisemitic and Nazi‑referencing language alongside many messages from external private correspondents.
- Security analysts say a compromise of a hosting or provider system and hacktivist motives are plausible, but forensic teams and journalists are still verifying the files and have already identified some circulated messages as fakes.
- Jurists and politicians say the material could be relevant to a possible party‑ban case, yet courts would first need reliable authentication and careful legal weighing of privacy, admissibility and probative value.
- Because the files are widely distributed via torrent and an indexed website, journalists and researchers continue sifting the data while third‑party personal data remain exposed and authorities pursue technical and criminal inquiries.