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Russian mayor’s Telegram channel briefly hacked, revealing messages like 'Moscow will burn'
The personal Telegram channel of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin was briefly compromised on June 21, with hackers posting a series of unexpected and politically charged messages before the account was restored, AzerNEWS reports.
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Meduza.io
· Jul 9, 2026
Hackers published private messages they attribute to journalist and media executive Ksenia Sobchak, pointing to supposed ‘agreements’ between her media empire and Russian officials
On July 8, journalist and media executive Ksenia Sobchak announced that hackers had broken into her email account and briefly gained access to her Telegram channels. Around the same time, screenshots showing fragments of her private correspondence appeared in the channels. Sobchak called them fakes and deleted them. The next day, however, the hacker group Black Mirror and the anonymous project VChK-OGPU published even more screenshots of Sobchak’s messages, along with some of her voice messages.
Kyiv Post
· Jun 25, 2026
SBU, FBI Uncover Russian Cyber Campaign Targeting Officials
On Thursday, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said they uncovered a coordinated Russian cyber campaign targeting the messaging accounts of officials, military personnel, politicians, and activists in Ukraine, Europe, and the US. The agencies warned that Russian hackers are also attempting to compromise the personal accounts of ordinary Ukrainians.
The Next Web
· Jun 27, 2026
FBI says Russian intelligence hackers have a new trick for reading your Signal messages, and it works even after you change phones
The FBI and CISA have warned that Russian intelligence hackers are now targeting Signal users’ backup recovery keys, an escalation of a phishing campaign that has already compromised thousands of accounts worldwide. The updated advisory, published Thursday, says that handing over the key once gives attackers the ability to restore an account’s backup, read its [] This story continues at The Next Web
Forbidden Stories
· Apr 2, 2026
Ghost Journalists, Cash and Kremlin Scripts: How Russian Operatives Tried To Influence Argentinian Media
Russia’s foreign-intelligence-backed propaganda network reportedly spent around 280,000 on hundreds of articles in Argentinian media to influence public opinion. The post Ghost Journalists, Cash and Kremlin Scripts: How Russian Operatives Tried To Influence Argentinian Media appeared first on Forbidden Stories.
The Hacker News
· Jun 26, 2026
FBI Warns Russian Intelligence Hackers Target Signal Backup Recovery Keys
The FBI and CISA have updated their March warning about Russian intelligence phishing Signal accounts, and the operators have added a step: they now coax targets into handing over their Signal Backup Recovery Key. Hand it over once, and the attacker can restore the account's backup, read the private and group message history, and take over the account. Worse, the key keeps working.
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Related coverage for "Russian mayor’s Telegram channel briefly hacked, revealing messages like 'Moscow will burn'": Meduza.io — Hackers published private messages they attribute to journalist and media executive Ksenia Sobchak, pointing to supposed ‘agreements’ between her media empire and Russian officials. Kyiv Post — SBU, FBI Uncover Russian Cyber Campaign Targeting Officials. The Next Web — FBI says Russian intelligence hackers have a new trick for reading your Signal messages, and it works even after you change phones. Forbidden Stories — Ghost Journalists, Cash and Kremlin Scripts: How Russian Operatives Tried To Influence Argentinian Media. The Hacker News — FBI Warns Russian Intelligence Hackers Target Signal Backup Recovery Keys