Germany’s federal criminal police, known as the BKA, said they searched the suspected hacker's home on Sunday, confiscating his computer and other personal materials.

Jan Schürlein, a 19-year-old IT developer, says he is being treated as a "witness" in the investigation into the breach, which exposed information about hundreds of Germany's…

It's unclear if hacking was the cause, but data security is already a critical national issue in Germany.

Another election, another information campaign with Russian ties.