The Pirate Party wants to go in front of court, claiming one of their former employees had stolen sensitive data and passed this on to the online magazine Reporter.lu.
Marc Goergen, via in an RTL interview, stated that 'some emails were copied onto an USB stick. We are currently investigating into the status of other sensitive data content'.
The deputy of the Pirate Party believes that the coverage about the Pirates on reporter.lu is being controlled and must have been planned 'for months'.
A third party had initiated the contact between the online magazine and an employee of the political party.
The editor in chief of reporter.lu, Christoph Bumb, speaking to RTL, was 'surprised' by Goergen's allegations; 'We didn't work on any stolen materials and there was no leak from our side'.
Reporter.lu has only talked with a few employees from the Pirate Party who have mentioned 'objective misunderstandings'. On one side these include Daniel Frères' activities, by mixing his political duties with the interest of his animal welfare organisation. On the other side, there were concrete abuses concerning the party's finances.
Bumb also denies the reproach that the coverage was planned for months. He claims that after the first published article a few weeks ago, he was approached by members of the party and the final article was a released after a matter of 'a few days'.
Finally, Bumb also uttered his surprise at the pirates' usage of the term Fake News, which is unprecedented case for a party represented at the Chamber.
