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The Germany politicians’ hacker is just an angry 20 years old man

The suspect claimed to be annoyed by recent statements by some of those involved in leaking information

According to reports of cybersecurity and
digital forensics specialists from the International Institute of Cyber
Security, a 20-year-old man has confessed to being the author of the
cyberattack against over a hundred German politicians, a campaign in which the individual leaked some confidential details of
politicians using a Twitter account.

The news has been disseminated a few hours
after the investigators of the Federal Police office in Wiesbaden, Germany,
raided the house of an individual of 19 years allegedly linked to the alleged
hacker.

On 6 January in the afternoon, the German
police agency, with the help of cybersecurity experts, registered the suspect’s house as part of an investigation
into the case of espionage and leaking of personal data of politicians,
journalists and public figures. The suspect would have been temporarily
arrested, but released the following day for lack of evidence.

“During the interrogation, the defendant stated
that he acted alone in this campaign; so far, there is no evidence to suggest a
third party’s involvement. As for his motives, the defendant stated that he
carried out these attacks for the inconvenience caused by the public statements
made by the persons involved in this unauthorized disclosure,” said the
individual.

Preliminary research by German cybersecurity
experts concludes that the suspect used a hijacked Twitter account, making his
Internet connections using a VPN service to hide his identity. The German
police seized the computers and any storage units owned by the suspect for
further investigations.

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