The CDU reported an IT expert who had pointed out weaknesses in her election campaign app. Now the party is rowing back. The Chaos Computer Club draws

CDU apologizes for reporting against security researcher

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2021-08-04 14:30:08

The CDU reported an IT expert who had pointed out weaknesses in her election campaign app. Now the party is rowing back. The Chaos Computer Club draws conclusions from the case.

The software developer Lilith Wittmann discovered weaknesses in the election campaign app "CDU Connect" in May and made them public.

On this Tuesday, she received a mail from cybercrime investigators at the Berlin State Criminal Police Office: She was a suspect in an investigation because of the CDU app, according to the mail that Wittmann made public on Twitter.

On Wednesday afternoon, the CDU admitted that it had filed a complaint against Wittmann with the LKA and at the same time apologized for the process. Stefan Hennewig, the party's federal manager, wrote on Twitter that it was a mistake to mention Wittmann's name in the ad.

"Threatening me with a complaint first because I didn't want a consulting contract with them and then withdrawing because of public pressure, I think it's a bad joke," Wittmann told SPIEGEL about the CDU's apology.

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