Picture taken on January 4, 2019 shows the website of the German Bundestag (lower house of parliament) with a picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel displayed on the screen of a laptop. - Private data stolen from hundreds of German politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, have been released online, the government said on January 4, 2019. The information, which comprised home addresses, mobile phone numbers, letters, invoices and copies of identity documents, was published via Twitter in December but inexplicably only came to light this week. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
BERLIN: German police said Tuesday they arrested a 20-year-old suspect in the case of private data stolen from hundreds of politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, and published online.
“The prosecutor’s office in Frankfurt, the Central Office for Fighting Internet and Computer Crime and the Federal Police Office (BKA) searched the apartment of a 20-year-old suspect on Jan 6 and took him into custody,” the BKA said in a statement.
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