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Massive Doxing Attack on German Politicians Through Twitter Account

Calendar Jan 07, 2019 • User Avatar Brittany Day
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Since 1 December, one or more hackers have been publishing data and documents from hundreds of German politicians in a Twitter advent calendar – a massive assault on the government that wasn’t discovered until Thursday night. Apparently, nobody noticed until the hacker hijacked the Twitter account of German YouTube star Simon Unge. On Friday, Berlin public broadcaster RBB Inforadio was the first to report on the hack.

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