Private communications, emails, contact details, phone numbers, and financial information of hundreds of politicians was leaked via Twitter account in the run-up to Christmas. Chancellor Angela Merkel and president Frank-Walter Steinmeier among those affected. Twitter has now suspended the account that was sharing links to the hacked material. The breadth of the hack involving not just political parties, but also journalists, comedians, and artists suggests that this has been a co-ordinated effort by a determined group over many many months.”]