Hackers attack Switzerland’s largest party, claim huge personal data theft

A hacker group claims to have cracked the database of Switzerland’s largest political party, the conservative Swiss People’s Party (SVP) and stolen the personal data of over 50,000 people, including the names and email addresses of SVP supporters.

Contacting the website by letter, the hackers calling themselves NSHC, said they wanted to raise awareness about Switzerland’s lack of protection against cyber attacks, tech website inside-it.ch. reported.

The right-wing SVP confirmed to 20 Minuten daily that it had been a victim of a cyber attack but could not confirm whether any data had been stolen.

According to inside-it.ch, the same group of hackers claimed responsibility for several DDoS attacks on Swiss online shops earlier this week, as well as an attack on the Swiss Federal Railways website (SBB).

“The Swiss Federal Railways website was hard to access on Monday afternoon for about an hour and in the evening for around one and a half hours due to a DDoS attack,” federal railways spokesman Daniele Pallecchi confirmed to the Swiss news agency on Friday. For the full article click here 

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