hacker · employee · mid (хакер · сотрудник · мид)
Russian-speaking hackers compromised email accounts of British Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff and officials abroad, including those at embassies in Thailand and Mauritius, as well as local government employees in Derbyshire and Waltham Forest. The stolen data was put up for sale on darknet forums for $60,000.
Consensus
- Hackers compromised email accounts of British Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff and officials abroad
- Accounts of embassy personnel in Thailand and Mauritius were compromised
- Local government employees in Derbyshire and Waltham Forest were affected
- The stolen data was put up for sale on darknet forums
- The price for the data set was $60,000
Points of divergence
- Some of the leaked data provided access to NHS systems, energy suppliers and key pharmaceutical distributors — kommersant
- Approximately 80,000 computers belonging to the British government and Foreign Office were compromised — vm
- Hackers used previously stolen data to breach Fortinet firewalls — vm
- A hacker group linked to Iran, 'Hundala', claimed access to FPV drone imagery used by the FBI for stadium security — vm
- Former U.S. President Barack Obama's official Instagram account was hacked — vm
- The data is being sold in the darknet for 4.6 million rubles (approximately $60,000) — fontanka
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