Hacker collective Anonymous paralyzes Attila Hildmann - and takes over Telegram channel

The hacker collective Anonymous carried out an attack on Attila Hildmann.

In the process, material relevant to criminal law was probably obtained.

Munich - Members of the international and decentralized collective Anonymous launched a hacking attack on the cookbook author and conspiracy ideologist Attila Hildmann's website on Monday.

The group succeeded in bringing several websites and blogs run by Hildmann, as well as a large part of his groups on the messenger service Telegram under control.

Hacker collective paralyzes Hildmann's internet presence - websites and blogs are taken over

Since Tuesday, only the logo of the Anonymous collective can be seen on Hildmann's official website and a video in which the hackers address Hildmann and explain their actions.

Anonymous also published a message on Attila Hildmann's Telegram channel, where the 40-year-old was followed by over 66,000 people.

"Attila will not get this channel back, it will be ours forever," the collective tells Hildmann's followers.

Telegram was the 40-year-old's most important communication channel, where he has been sharing anti-Semitic conspiracy ideologies and calling on his followers to resist since the beginning of the corona pandemic in spring 2020.

Hildmann loses most important communication channels through hack - 100,000 mails stolen

Anonymous was able to carry out the hack according to a report on the blog

, which informs about actions of the collective, because a former confidante of Hildmann had given his access data to various platforms to Anonymous members.

The blog entry also provides a listing of the sites and communication channels that the collective was able to bring under its control.

“With that we have taken Attila almost all of his reach.

He'll get some channels back, but his most important ones, the ones with the most followers ... nope.

They're not his, ”you can read there.

Hildmann fled to Turkey last year and went into hiding after the Berlin judiciary issued an arrest warrant for sedition against him.

Shortly after his escape, rumors started circulating that Hildmann had been warned of the impending arrest warrant by a member of the judiciary.

Information on it could now emerge from the nearly 100,000 mails that Anonymous was able to bring into its possession.

Also

reported that one evidence of the existence of these messages had been able to see.

Anonymous hacks corona denier Hildmann - cookbook author confirms data loss

The 40-year-old has now commented on the events on a remaining Telegram channel and confirmed the loss of his data. “All platforms where you can communicate uncensored are gone now. My operational business, where you can buy my organic products, is gone, ”explains Hildmann, according to

. He is "very sorry for everyone who is now being written to in any way".

It is unclear at this point in time whether Anonymous will pass on the criminally relevant information regarding Hildmann to the authorities. According to

the

collective has

lost confidence in them. But even without direct criminal law consequences, the hacker attack represents a hard blow against the Internet presence, reach and online business of Atilla Hildmann.