The Federal criminal police office, according to information from the ARD -policy magazine, contrasts and rbb-info radio in the context of the investigation into the hacking attack against politicians, and celebrities on Sunday in Heilbronn, an apartment search.
officers of the Federal criminal police office (BKA) have spaces on Sunday morning, the living and the trash of a man in Heilbronn searched and technical equipment confiscated. This security circles confirmed to the ARD policy magazine contrasts and the rbb-info radio.
How contrasts are learned, the man, the 19-year-old Jan Schürlein. He was currently being led as a witness in the proceedings to the hacker attack, and during his interrogation cooperative behavior. “I can confirm that it gave me a search and I’ve been asked about several hours. At the moment, I don’t want to speak to me on the basis of a corresponding request of the BKA further publicly,” said Schürlein to contrasts reporters.
The hacker had stolen the personal data of numerous politicians and Celebrities.
a witness wants to have with Hacker confessed
Schürlein had previously stated on Twitter that he stands for a long time with the Hacker, who calls himself “0rbit”, in contact. According to Schürlein “0rbit” reported after the publication of the data, which he had captured, among other things, in the case of hacker attacks on politicians, Youtube Stars and musicians, with him.
late in The evening, he shared on Twitter a Screenshot that according to his information, a entertainment of 4. January with the hack. This indicates that he intended to destroy his equipment. More Schürlein explained, “Orbit” have also deleted the Account with the messenger service Telegram, which had been used for many years to communicate encrypted.
Schürlein works as a clerk in the IT field and had been suspected in the social media, he himself was “0rbit”. This he has denied.
hacker attack on hundreds of German politicians, 04.01.2019 Atlas |Germany |Berlin
