Angela Merkel, Til Schweiger Among Victims of Massive German Data Dump

German movie stars, comedians, rappers and hundreds of the country's top politicians — including German Chancellor Angela Merkel — were the victims of a massive data dump, with their personal data, including in some cases cellphone numbers and credit card and banking details, published online.

The hack — one of the biggest in the country's history — came to light Friday after it was reported by German network RBB and confirmed by police. But apparently the hack had been underway for several weeks, if not months. Information from numerous German celebrities — including Inglourious Basterds actor Til Schweiger, German comedian Jan Bohmermann and local rapper Sido — was first posted online back in December.

Another major data dump followed Dec. 20.

Bild, a German tabloid newspaper, reported Friday that German authorities had asked the U.S. spy agency NSA for help in investigating the incident.

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