The main party of the German opposition, the far-right Alternative formation for Germany (AfD), announced today that it was the target of a computer attack that exposed the content of e-mail messages from members of the political organization.
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20/10/2026
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According to the Bild newspaper, prominent political leaders of the AfD include among the senders, such as the party's co-president and candidate for chancellor in the 2025 legislative elections, Alice Weidel.
Leif-Erik Holm, who won the regional elections ahead of the far-right party in the federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, on September 20.
“ This attack was detected and stopped quickly, and all users were later informed of it. The e-mail boxes currently used by the federal structure of the AfD were not affected”, indicated sources of the party contacted by EFE, adding that an investigation is ongoing.
“It will only be possible to make a first assessment of the situation after completion of this investigation,” they added.
Bild, who had access to some of the e-mail messages released, reported that the above content “includes a photograph of Markus Frohnmaier’s identification document, vice president of the AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag” (Federal Parliament), as well as “photographs of other identification documents, invoices, bank statements and certificates”.
The documents consulted by the newspaper also include “requests for membership and lists of members of local AfD structures” in the federated state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, where the far-right party has the largest number of members.
According to AfD data for 2025, the party had 10,021 members in this federal state, which makes the regional structure the largest party in Germany.
The following is the organization of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of the country, with almost 9,000 members, according to estimates of 2025.