“Personal data and documents belonging to hundreds of politicians and public figures were published on the internet,” government spokeswoman Martina Fietz told reporters. But Fietz said that a preliminary investigation indicated that “no sensitive information or data” from Merkel’s office had been leaked. “At first glance it does not seem that politically sensitive material was included,” RBB said. ‘Satire and irony’“However the damage is likely to be massive given the volume of personal data published.”Given the vast range of data hoovered up, RBB said it seemed unlikely that it was taken from a single source. Last March, computer networks belonging to the German government came under sustained attack and data from foreign ministry staff were stolen.

Source: The Guardian January 04, 2019 13:30 UTC