Igor Korolev CNews correspondent
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 9:05 am
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Subscribe to our Telegram channel to stay up to date with allThe tunisia whatsapp number list attackers tried to gain access to the email, social networks and instant messengers of CNews journalist Igor Korolev. To do this, they reissued his SIM card through the mobile operator Beeline using forged documents. The victim reported this to Therunet.com
"Beeline said that someone came to their office with a fake certificate about changing my passport and got my SIM card. They did it on purpose on Sunday evening, hoping that I wouldn't see it or wouldn't be able to react - after all, they were cutting off communications."
According to the journalist, after his SIM card was given to the attackers, access to social networks and messengers was intercepted. The ill-wishers gained access to Igor Korolev's personal page on VKontakte and tried to do the same with Whatsapp, but did not have time. Now his personal page on the social network has been blocked by the social network's administration.
The press service of the social network VKontakte highlights this situation as extraordinary, which requires a particularly careful approach to the situation.
Ruslan Karbolsunov
representative of the press service of Vkontakte
"Our team must be one hundred percent sure that the owner will be the one to access the page. Therefore, to return the page, the fact of fraud must be officially confirmed - documents from the mobile operator and law enforcement agencies are required"
In case of SIM card reissue, the press service advises to inform about it not only mobile operators and authorities, but also to urgently contact support of all services with authorization via phone. For example, in VKontakte you need to contact Support.
The journalist was saved by a new number. After the incident, the mobile operator helped restore the work of the blocked SIM card of the victim, but it was not possible to restore the personal page "VKontakte".
Subscribe to our Telegram channel to stay up to date with allThe tunisia whatsapp number list attackers tried to gain access to the email, social networks and instant messengers of CNews journalist Igor Korolev. To do this, they reissued his SIM card through the mobile operator Beeline using forged documents. The victim reported this to Therunet.com
"Beeline said that someone came to their office with a fake certificate about changing my passport and got my SIM card. They did it on purpose on Sunday evening, hoping that I wouldn't see it or wouldn't be able to react - after all, they were cutting off communications."
According to the journalist, after his SIM card was given to the attackers, access to social networks and messengers was intercepted. The ill-wishers gained access to Igor Korolev's personal page on VKontakte and tried to do the same with Whatsapp, but did not have time. Now his personal page on the social network has been blocked by the social network's administration.
The press service of the social network VKontakte highlights this situation as extraordinary, which requires a particularly careful approach to the situation.
Ruslan Karbolsunov
representative of the press service of Vkontakte
"Our team must be one hundred percent sure that the owner will be the one to access the page. Therefore, to return the page, the fact of fraud must be officially confirmed - documents from the mobile operator and law enforcement agencies are required"
In case of SIM card reissue, the press service advises to inform about it not only mobile operators and authorities, but also to urgently contact support of all services with authorization via phone. For example, in VKontakte you need to contact Support.
The journalist was saved by a new number. After the incident, the mobile operator helped restore the work of the blocked SIM card of the victim, but it was not possible to restore the personal page "VKontakte".