Civil rights activists and politicians will in the coming days launch a volley of constitutional complaints against the German government over its use of state-sponsored malware in criminal ...

Some high-profile hacks are sparked by widespread public outrage, a political agenda, a collective protest against a company's controversial practices or a government's oppressive regime. Some start ...

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 ...

One of the largest data leaks in German history, in which private information about 900 politicians was published, was perpetrated by a 20-year-old hacker and student living in his parents' house, ...

A 20-year-old German man has confessed to being the culprit behind the massive leak of German politicians', journalists', and celebrities' personal data that shocked the country's political class last ...