Witness' apartment searched in Germany hacking case

BERLIN (AP) — German investigators have searched the apartment of a witness in their probe of an alleged hacking case that saw hundreds of politicians' and celebrities' private information posted online, officials said Monday.

The Federal Criminal Police Office tweeted that the search took place in Heilbronn in southwestern Germany on Sunday, but didn't give further details.

Authorities said almost 1,000 people were affected by the data breach.

"In the majority of cases this purely involved contact details such as telephone numbers, postal addresses or email addresses," Interior Ministry spokesman Soeren Schmidt said.