Data leak affects thousands of wealthy Moscow residents

ronjor · Nov 3, 2018

Maria Kolomychenko November 3, 2018

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of wealthy Moscow residents who subscribed to a regional internet provider have had personal data including names, home addresses and mobile numbers posted online.
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guest · May 15, 2019

Massive Data Breach Exposes Russian Officials’ Passports, Reports Say
May 15, 2019
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019...es-russian-officials-passports-reports-a65596

The breach of at least eight government websites, analyzed by privacy expert Ivan Begtin, exposed the passport data of 360,000 people. Last month, Begtin disclosed that 2.2 million passport entries taken from online marketing websites were openly available online.
“The reason [for the leak] is the officials’ reluctance to do anything, although they are aware of the … lack of professionalism in the development of IT systems,” RBC quoted Begtin as saying.

Begtin wrote on Facebook that he turned over the data to RBC eight months after tipping off the government agencies — only to be ignored — and informing Russia’s communications regulator of the breaches.
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