German Hacking Arrest Quells Fears Attack Was Foreign Backed
Data belonging to nearly 1,000 people, including celebrities, were posted online
BERLIN—A German high-school student was behind a massive data theft that affected nearly 1,000 German politicians and other personalities and revived concerns over cybersecurity in a country with one of the world’s toughest privacy laws.
The 20-year-old confessed to having stolen personal data and gathered other publicly available information on federal and local politicians, journalists, comedians and musicians, which he disseminated online via several Twitter accounts, investigators said Tuesday. He appears to have acted...