Hackers hijacked the Twitter account of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 2.
Hackers offered to sell stolen data.
The handle contained details of tourist payments made during June 2020 to the Public Services Portal of the Russian Federation.
Source: https://grahamcluley.com/hack-russia-twitter-account/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/mid-rf
"id": "min193313123",
"linkid": "mid-rf",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "07/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Government',
'location': 'Russia',
'name': 'Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Social Media Account Hijacking',
'data_breach': {'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Payment details']},
'date_detected': '2023-07-02',
'description': 'Hackers hijacked the Twitter account of Russia’s Ministry of '
'Foreign Affairs on July 2 and offered to sell stolen data. '
'The handle contained details of tourist payments made during '
'June 2020 to the Public Services Portal of the Russian '
'Federation.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Tourist payment details'],
'payment_information_risk': 'High',
'systems_affected': ['Twitter account']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Twitter account'},
'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
'title': 'Hackers Hijack Twitter Account of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign '
'Affairs',
'type': 'Account Hijacking'}