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Hackers hijack Twitter account of Russias Ministry of Foreign Affairs, offer to sell stolen data

Russia’s Foreign Ministrys Crisis Management Centre was hacked on July 2nd. The account of @MID_travel was compromised by hackers offering a database for sale. The database contains details of tourist payments made during June 2020 to the Public Services Portal of the Russian Federation. Anyone interested in purchasing the database is invited to pay the tidy sum of 66 bitcoins (approximately US $499,000) Russia has since deleted the tweet and posted a follow-up, debunking the claims of a data breach.”]

Source: https://grahamcluley.com/hack-russia-twitter-account/

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