AfD email hosting breach exposed 345k accounts

A cyberattack on the hosting provider for Germany's AfD party, Alternita Dienstleistungs, exposed over a terabyte of data and more than 345,000 unique email addresses. Have I Been Pwned confirmed the breach's scale after the party officially disclosed the September attack.

• Breach affected more than 345,000 unique email addresses
• Reporters say over a terabyte of data was exfiltrated
• Attack began with compromise of a poorly protected WordPress site
• AfD says stolen emails were analyzed with rudimentary AI