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posted by mrpg on Saturday January 05 2019, @06:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the data-in-german-is-____ dept.

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[...] The data was leaked from a Twitter account, since suspended, and included email addresses, phone numbers, photo IDs and other personal data on hundreds of senior political figures.

According to a government spokesperson, there was no “sensitive” data from the chancellor’s office, but other lawmakers had more personal data stolen. Other portions of the leaked data included Facebook and Twitter passwords. Some had their credit card information stolen, and chat logs and private letters published in the breach.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/04/germany-data-breach-lawmakers-leak/


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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday January 05 2019, @03:02PM (5 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday January 05 2019, @03:02PM (#782513) Journal

    I haven't thought about it much, but Mutti is head of the CDU, which doesn't do touchy-feely things (that's what the Green Party is for). She wouldn't allow Syrians into the country for humanitarian reasons. She would allow them into the country to mess with Germany's powerful trade unions.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 05 2019, @03:23PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 05 2019, @03:23PM (#782518)

    That sincerely is an interesting idea, but the CDU has been governing with the SPD mostly during her tenure. To the degree that both SPD and CDU have moved to wishy-washy centrist politics and not competing on issues anymore.
    The AfD and Left have appeared to address the voters in those parts of the spectrum the two major parties used to cover, but the AfD seems to be more successful. I am unsure whether they have objectively received more votes, or subjectively because the MSM gives them so much coverage, constantly trying to equate them with racists and nazis.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 05 2019, @04:06PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 05 2019, @04:06PM (#782529)

      I forgot to mention that the SPD was the traditional labor party. As part of its pivot to the "new left" in the 90s, it had already sold out labor protections by the time they lost the chancellorship in 2005.

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 05 2019, @05:27PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday January 05 2019, @05:27PM (#782557) Journal

    She wouldn't allow Syrians into the country for humanitarian reasons.

    Sometimes, context isn't good enough. I read that as, "It would be inhumane to allow Syrians to immigrate into Germany, where they would be forced to live with Germans."

    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday January 05 2019, @06:04PM (1 child)

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday January 05 2019, @06:04PM (#782572) Journal

      Germans are alright as long as you don't try to be friendly or suggest they try american beer.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 05 2019, @08:18PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 05 2019, @08:18PM (#782599)

        There is no "American" beer. Some small craft beers might qualify, but none of the big names. Not by a wide margin. So, kids, please don't talk to grownups about the beer you have no knowledge of. For a first introduction of the subject, visit Mexico. Their beers are not at all bad. And it's _beer_, for starters!

        Americans being friendly is OK, actually. It's just when they are starting to liberate your country that you gotta be extra careful ...