Have I Been Pwned: AfD Data Breach

Massive AfD data breach exposes illegally copied files

The “Alternative for Germany” party apparently suffered a data breach. Some 421,000 emails were published, offering a glimpse inside the party.

IDMerit data breach: 1 billion records of personal data exposed in KYC data leak

A massive global data leak linked to IDMerit has exposed 1 billion personal records, including national IDs and emails, across the US, Europe, and Asia.

Archived Fact-Checked Media — MediaVault

“If confirmed, this is telling: Russian data centres get hit, and online activity around AfD suddenly plummets. 📉 So much talk about German patriotism… then the connection from Russia goes down. 🤔🇷🇺 https://t.co/hEPJkIVtA3”

Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email address has been exposed in a data breach

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Data of 600,000 Gaza households exposed in WFP cyber-attack

With over 2 million people registered in Gaza, it may be the largest-known breach of humanitarian beneficiary data to date.

AfD data leak: Suspected perpetrators claim responsibility

In an interview with Zeit, two anonymous perpetrators claim responsibility for the cyberattack on the AfD, saying it was about transparency and justice.

LinkDrift: How Leaked Links Exposed Internal Files at Fortune 500 Companies

We followed leaked links from malware logs and public indexes to internal files at 19 Fortune 500 companies, still open without a login.

Dialog Claims It Was Hacked. A Misconfigured Website Left Its Members Exposed

The private events group, cofounded by Peter Thiel, says a “criminal” hacker is behind a breach that exposed members’ personal details. WIRED found no evidence a break-in was needed to access the files.

Unauthorized access, personal data leaks surge in Japan | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

A series of cyberattacks have led to leaks of large amounts of personal data from companies across Japan. Experts say the misuse of AI may be contributing to the growing threat. As this new challenge emerges, how should companies, and society as a whole, respond?

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“There's a story going around: after the drone strikes on Yandex data centres, comments on AfD and MAGA accounts collapsed. We monitor 17,000+ politicians, media and civil society accounts in 30+ countries. 50,000+ posts a day. So we checked. We don't see it. 🧵 https://t.co/8quSNosqv0”

Discord users’ data was exposed in a breach at server bot Double Counter.

The server privacy bot says hackers copied about 12GB of data, including Discord usernames and user IDs, IP addresses, location data, and email addresses. The attackers also took control of the bot’s Discord token, posted links “in about 50 large servers,” and “used a stolen payment key to commit financial fraud on a separate account.” [Link: Double Counter — Security Incident Report (4 October 2026) | https://doublecounter.gg/blog/security-incident-october-2026 | Double Counter]

AU10TIX: records exposed security breach affecting major apps

An Israeli identity verification company suffered an attack that compromised the personal data of millions of users of popular apps.

Facebook-Cambridge Analytica: A timeline of the data hijacking scandal

Facebook is desperately trying to mend its damaged reputation following the continued fallout of a massive data scandal.