alan gassed. managed by for. this is the w. news live from above and hundreds of german politicians and public figures fall victim to a massive data breach private phone numbers documents and credit card details have been published on twitter also on the program. eight agencies voiced concerns of the health of nearly fifty migrants stuck on board to rescue ships off the coast of malta as european governments refuse to allow the vessel to dock despite requests

from the european union. i'm filled a welcome to the program the personal details of hundreds of german politicians have been stolen and published on twitter a german security agency is now investigating the data breach which include cell phone numbers and credit card details the government says lawmakers in old battles have been affected journalists and celebrities were also targeted the identity of the hackers has not been established. even german chancellor angela merkel has been affected the leaked data includes a fax number e-mail address and several letters purported to come out of her office it's not clear yet if the leaked documents are authentic sits in file it does however even if part of the data concerned where offense take the experience. that

in such cases falsified data might have. hundreds of other german politicians were targeted by the hackers from every german political party except the right wing populist party the cyber terrorists then use twitter to make public personal data such as phone numbers id documents chats invoices and even photos of their children germany's justice minister catalina bali condemned the leaks as an attack on the country's democracy the left's parliamentary party co-leader says he's deeply shocked. this is. it's an attack on the social cohesion of our country. i've read and heard that many artists journalists and politicians are affected as the aim is obviously to create a climate of fear a climate of insecurity in our country and the leak was first discovered thursday evening however it appears the first document started appearing in december with a twitter account releasing information daily in the style of an advent calendar

none of the internal documents that were released are reported to be highly sensitive at the moment there is no known suspect nor motivation. let's not kid ourselves there's no such thing as personal privacy and we're all vulnerable to attacks like this but they need to be stopped. it's not the first time that german politicians have been hacked russia was accused of a series of cyber attacks that stole data from computers in the german parliament in two thousand and fifteen and last year the german government's i.t. network came under a fresh attack russian hackers were allegedly also to blame. chief political correspondent linda. said despite what we've just heard the government says no sensitive data has been leaked one of the main. they mean that so far what we know is that most of this data is data of

a personal nature as you heard in the report that means maybe credit card numbers private e-mail addresses apparently a chat or two now the authenticity to city of the data that has that has been seen could not yet all be confirmed it may be that some of. these items are in fact falsified but any rate this differs from those previous attacks as we just heard those were attacks on the physical infrastructure of the german government of the parliament that is not the case here so that's why so far at least it appears that the information is of a personal nature and doesn't for instance relate to diplomatic or political sensitive information and so what has been the german government's response well the cyber defense coordinating body which is essentially a unit that brings together security agencies from the federal the regional level

agencies responsible for domestic security as well as agencies that look at international security all of those are under the roof of this cyber defense organisation which is now conducting a very comprehensive investigation but this is early days as as the report said the theft only became evident apparently yesterday evening so so far we don't know that much about how they're proceeding or what they found out. as you've just been hearing and you've been telling us that this is not the first time the german the political establishment has been caught. who is the other fingers being pointed out this time. well last time around let's start there there seemed to be pretty clear indications that the group behind the hack was known as a p twenty eight it is a russian based hacking organization that is very closely linked to the russian spy

agency the g r u naturally one of the first suspicions when this newest attack came to light was that perhaps this once again might be might be due to russian hacking now though some cyber experts say they're not so certain some cyber experts are saying perhaps this is coming from the political right here in germany one reason to believe that is that so far it appears that no politicians from germany's right wing a.f.d. party were affected by this attack but again it's early days we don't know for sure others other cyber experts are saying possibly this hack was something that that's called hacktivism a somebody who's trying to make people aware how easy it is to breach private data and perhaps somebody who's putting this out there as a as a wake up call melinda crane thank you so much. now to some of the other stories

making news around the world a major police operation is underway in the german city of cologne after shots were fired in the city center no one's reported to have been injured and one man has been arrested police are looking for three others who fled the scene local media reporting the arrested man has connections to the local bike a-c. . least one person has died after a tropical storm made landfall in thailand as storms moving quickly across the south of the country pretty heavy rain and stormy seas despite its high winds problem is actually weaker than expected and is likely to be downgraded to a tropical depression. a third woman has entered a sacred hindu temple in the southern state of carola the first visit by two women on wednesday triggered protests across the state traditionally women have been forbidden from entering the shop shopping malla tried but india's supreme court lifted the ban last year. not to malta where concerns are growing of the health and

well being of dozens of migrant stranded on board two german rescue ships and they were picked up during the past two weeks but all sources in valencia have refused to allow them to disembark earlier one of the you know one of the passengers had to be pulled back on board after he jumped into the water and attempted to swim ashore the incident happened while several german members of parliament on board the ship sea watch three. and we'll talk to one of the italian the man who says that he city i would welcome the migrants in the course of this program first this report. imagine being stuck on a boat in such rough seas not knowing well you'll go next since there dramatic rescue of the libyan coast in december this has been the reality for about fifty migrants they are in limbo in the narrow confines of the two ships operated by eight organizations sea watch and c i q a p n countries have so far refused to let them disembark but mayors of several large italian cities refused to obey the

country's official tough anti immigration law slamming it as unconstitutional and not. in naples us and other cities we apply the laws only if they conform with the constitution thus the constitution prevails are the ordinary laws. people's rights are restricted according to the color of their skin their constitution must prevail . and this official letter to majesty offered to let the watch come to the heart of naples assuring them that the refugees will be able to disembark. but it cording to see watch this is easier said than done official rescue centers have to assign available ports and the weather conditions are simply too bad deeply affecting the people on board. but the biggest problem is also that. the thirty two people that we have here on board know already for thirteen days. to show mental

problems florence and palermo as well as several german cities have also offered the migrants refuge as more and more official to unite in solidarity with the refugees hoping creases for those in desperate need of help. hong kong is famous for its iconic neon signs which have been lighting up the islands of shops and restaurants for decades but as modern alternatives increase in popularity the territory is at risk of losing the bright lights and signs. activists. mucci ka is one of the last to master craftsmen of neon sign it in hong kong business people bring him their hand drawn designs that he makes the neon signs that hong kong is famous for. he works with glass tubes which he painstakingly bends into shape it's precision work who found his profession

by chance. it was the summer holidays when i was eighteen my father thought i was doing nothing so he got me a job with the neon sign make. who was offered the opportunity to stay on and he decided not to go back to school it's quite a challenge to form the complicated chinese characters the work has remained the same bending the glass. attaching the ignition coil. and filling the tube with fluorescent gas all is done by hand but for wu much has changed it. up until fifteen or twenty years ago i worked every day for seven or eight hours making me own troops so. today it's maybe four or five days a month. in his income now comes mainly from other jobs the

neon signs that used to be hong kong's trademark are becoming a rare sight carden china has been documenting those that remain. this is closer to. the hong kong that used to. she runs a group that hopes to protect hong kong's neon heritage many old signs have been taken down because of new safety regulations and a cheaper alternative to neon is replacing those that remain. here until the blue and yellow one. after the l.e.d. i mean one thing and just. you can actually see. the signs symbolize wealth in a city that once set trends for the rest of the continent for chan a part of hong kong's identity is fading. now you heard a little earlier the mayor of palermo is one of several italian mazz who have said that they stranded rescue ships are welcome in their ports i'm pleased to say that

that little luca orlando joins me now from. welcome to day w. mr mann what have you done to make this happen. then short for your position i am the mayor of polemic and i only tried to be mayor just the hitting it target the girl who led me to be a c.p. where the human rights are respected and encroached of the law is the name of minister of magenta. material salvini i protested politically protested in many poems this law is against human rights but basically speaking and bowed to the act because of the look just seven of the competence of may or i not only purpose of that but i officially ordered the. stock to stop this law we would occasionally reach the article cited

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there was the only seat i'm going to mail eat eat a c.d.f. that elected by the people being good for the militants and not to look for the most seats on media movies thank you so much for joining us on their look a lot of math alabama that sets you up to date at the top of al. gore's. earth. home to millions of species a home worth saving. he's working on those are big changes and most start with small steps global warming to just tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like teams have come.