Overview
- The AfD confirmed on Oct. 19 that a hosting provider used by some party members was hacked and that copied mailboxes included old, seldom-used accounts while federal party email systems were said to be unaffected.
- An anonymous leak site, Hexane.cc, published AI-written summaries and made a 281 GB torrent available on Oct. 22–23 that reportedly contains about 421,000 emails and more than 100,000 files.
- Journalists who sampled portions found matching details to past reporting, but no outlet has independently verified the full corpus and the authenticity of every file remains under investigation.
- Published material and the AI summaries reportedly include ID photos, bank statements, membership lists and messages that reference racism, antisemitism and Nazi-era ideas, creating major privacy and legal exposure for those named.
- Early reporting points to common operational failures such as an unpatched website or shared hosting infrastructure as the likely entry route, and investigators are now probing the breach, possible malware risks from the torrent, and political fallout including renewed scrutiny of past party financing.