Travelling story
Hacker attack on Germany's AfD party
First seen in Germany’s press on 20 October 2026. Carried by 4 presses over 3 days, 31 articles in all; the busiest day was 20 October 2026 with 14 articles.
Ended — carried by the press of 4 countries between 20 October 2026 and 23 October 2026.
Articles per day
The spread, day by day
For each day: the articles the presses gave it, and the presses that carried it for the first time that day.
- 10 articles · 4 presses so far
no new press
- 7 articles · 4 presses so far
new: Austria (3)
- 14 articles · 3 presses so far
new: Germany (9), Switzerland (3), Slovakia (2)
The presses that carried it
Ranked by articles over the whole story; the date is the first day each press carried it.
- Germany 19 articles · from 20 Oct 2026
- Switzerland 7 articles · from 20 Oct 2026
- Austria 3 articles · from 21 Oct 2026
- Slovakia 2 articles · from 20 Oct 2026
What they wrote
A few headlines per day, in the outlets’ own words; the translation is ours when shown.
- Germany · 23 Oct 2026 „Sie arbeitet längst mit diesen Rechtsaußen-Netzwerken zusammen, um sich an der Macht zu halten“ ↗
- Switzerland · 23 Oct 2026 Das grosse Datenleck der AfD: Es geht erneut um dubiose Spenden – und um ein Hakenkreuz ↗
- Germany · 23 Oct 2026 Illegale Spenden aus der Schweiz - Hat Weidel nicht die ganze Wahrheit gesagt? ↗
- Switzerland · 23 Oct 2026 Brisantes Datenleck: Illegale Spende aus der Schweiz: Wusste Alice Weidel doch Bescheid? ↗
- Germany · 21 Oct 2026 AfD-Hackerangriff: Wie wir Journalisten mit solchen Leaks umgehen ↗
- Germany · 21 Oct 2026 Geleakte E-Mails: Die AfD versucht den Schaden zu begrenzen ↗
- Austria · 21 Oct 2026 Weidel will auf EU-Ebene mehr mit FPÖ kooperieren ↗
- Germany · 21 Oct 2026 Hackerangriff auf AfD: Was die gehackten AfD-Mails offenbaren ↗
- Germany · 20 Oct 2026 Partei bestätigt Vorfall: Hackerangriff auf E-Mail-Konten der AfD ↗
- Slovakia · 20 Oct 2026 Hackeri ukradli státisíce e-mailov členov strany AfD, časť zverejnili na internete ↗
- Switzerland · 20 Oct 2026 Reports from germany - The SPD and Greens vote for coalition talks with the Left in Berlin ↗
- Germany · 20 Oct 2026 Über 400.000 E-Mails der Partei erbeutet ↗
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