Russian celebrity journalist Ksenia Sobchak says hackers accessed Telegram channels via email breach
Following the breach of several of her Telegram channels, controversial Russian journalist Ksenia Sobchak claimed published screenshots of her correspondence with political figures were fake.
Hackers briefly took control of several Telegram channels belonging to the controversial Russian journalist and media executive Ksenia Sobchak last week, publishing what they claimed were excerpts from her private correspondence.
The posts appeared on Sobchak's Telegram channels, Sobchak and Bloody Lady, last week. Her news channel, Caution, News, later said the posts were published by hackers who had compromised the channels.
Sobchak said the hackers gained access through her email account and she claimed that the correspondence was fabricated. In comments on Sunday to the independent Russian outlet Meduza, she said the screenshots of her interactions were fake and had been published on her hijacked channel "to serve someone's interests."
Source: https://therecord.media/ksenia-sobchak-russian-hackers-leak
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