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Russian Journalist Ksenia Sobchak Claims Hackers Published Fabricated Correspondence; State Media Accuses Her of Treason
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Russian Journalist Ksenia Sobchak Claims Hackers Published Fabricated Correspondence; State Media Accuses Her of Treason

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

At a glance

News Named sources Context piece
  • Russian journalist Ksenia Sobchak claims hackers accessed her email and Telegram channels, publishing fabricated correspondence.
  • A hacking group named 'Black8Mirror' has claimed responsibility, threatening to sell a large archive of Sobchak's data.
  • Russian state media propagandist Vladimir Solovyov accused Sobchak of treason based on the alleged correspondence, linking her to Ukrainian officials.

Russian journalist Ksenia Sobchak has accused hackers of breaching her email and Telegram accounts, subsequently publishing what she asserts are fabricated messages. Sobchak stated that on July 8, hackers gained access to her systems, leading to the appearance of posts on her 'Sobchak' and 'Krovavaja barynia' Telegram channels. These posts allegedly claimed a hacking group had intercepted her correspondence.

Hackers broke into her email and for a while had access to her 'Telegram' channels.

— K. SobchakSobchak's account of the hacking incident.

The news channel 'Ostorozhno, novosti,' affiliated with Sobchak's company, quickly reported the breach. Sobchak herself publicly declared that the published screenshots of her supposed communications were false. The screenshots bear watermarks from the hacking group 'Black8Mirror,' which operates a Telegram channel under a similar name. The group has since claimed on its website to possess over 350 GB of Sobchak's data from 2015-2026 and is reportedly willing to sell it.

The published screenshots with her alleged correspondence are fake.

— K. SobchakSobchak's denial of the authenticity of the leaked messages.

Meanwhile, Russian state media propagandist Vladimir Solovyov used the alleged correspondence in a broadcast on 'Rossiya 1,' accusing Sobchak and her mother, Senator Lyudmila Narusova, of treason. Solovyov suggested Sobchak's alleged communications with figures like former Ukrainian presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak and the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny indicated she was working against Russia. He framed these accusations within the context of a recent NATO summit, questioning how information about ending the war might be known to certain parties, implying Sobchak's role as a conduit. BBC has stated it could not verify the authenticity of the leaked materials.

traitors of the Motherland

— Vladimir SolovyovSolovyov's accusation against Sobchak and her mother.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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