Die Linke German political party confirms data stolen by Qilin ransomware

The Qilin ransomware group claimed responsibility for a compromise of Die Linke, a German political party, asserting it stole internal organizational data and personal employee information and threatening to publish it; the party confirmed a cyber incident, said membership data was not impacted, reported the incident to authorities, and is working with IT experts to remediate. Qilin listed the party on its data leak site but did not publish samples, and the incident is described as potentially politically motivated hybrid warfare rather than a coincidental crime.