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GFrei.News accused the chief editor of t-online, Lars Wienand, of having released a torrent client on X, which, according to the account, showed that Wienand had downloaded leaked data from the AfD and subsequently disseminated it. The account saw this as possible violations of § 202d StGB, § 42 BDSG, § 106 UrhG, § 126a StGB, and § 23 GeschGehG and stated that Wienand had boasted about it online. In addition, GFrei.News asked how many hundreds of reports had already been made to the police against him and criticized that someone would download and disseminate a data leak. https://t.co/fUfeWmnGWa #Datenhehlerei #Datenschutz #Urheberrecht (translated)

Frank Steppat wrote that the t-online researcher Lars Wienand proudly announced having downloaded a 283 GB dataset from the AfD, which allegedly originated from an illegal hack. Steppat claimed that Wienand used BitTorrent for this and thus also shared data with other users. This could make Wienand, according to Steppat, a distributor of the hacked material and raise questions about data trading under § 202d of the Criminal Code as well as violations of the GDPR. He advised Wienand to stop the download or consult a lawyer. #SteppatRiehle #InvestigativerJournalismus #Datenschutz #CyberSecurity (translated)