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According to the party, the CDU's first digital party congress has become the target of numerous hacker attacks from abroad.
The attacks could have been averted, "we resisted," said General Secretary Paul Ziemiak at the end of the party conference on Saturday.
The attacks "came mainly from abroad," he said.
They would have aimed at democracy.
“It's not fun, it's serious,” said Ziemiak. “That is forbidden and punishable.” According to the party, the CDU had already taken considerable security precautions in advance to protect the party conference held on the Internet. The election of the new chairman Armin Laschet took place digitally on Saturday - but it now has to be confirmed in a postal vote.