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Representatives of the hacker group” Anonymous International “(AI) Hacked Twitter-Account Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev urged not to use the iPhone. It is through the smartphone head of government, they gained access to his account in Facebook, «VKontakte” and Twitter, told representatives of the group to “Izvestia”. According to experts on IT-security, we can talk about breaking iCloud cloud storage data or a virus that accidentally gave the premiere e-mail for his employee.
– Do not use the iPhone. That is, you can use, but keep the personal information can not be there, – said one of the representatives of the “Anonymous International”, “Izvestia».
This hacker group was widely known on July 22 when posted in public access correspondence Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich blog “Humpty Dumpty.” August 1 were released letters Duma deputy Robert Schlegel. August 14 hackers broke Twitter-account of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. It Twitter, there were reports that he was retiring and he “ashamed of the government.” In addition, it was written that he now becomes a “freelance photographer” and likes to read Twitter Alexei Navalny. Was also laid Medvedev correspondence with staff and members of the government.
According to members of the AI, they met at a private hacking forum through which to continue until now. None of them does not know how many members of the group totals. All community members are the names of heroes tales of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland”. In the public field hackers are two press secretary, who took on pseudonyms Humpty Dumpty and.
Representatives of the group explained (communication was through letters), “Izvestia”, why of all the deputies they chose Schlegel .
– Thanks to him, a wave of bans on the Internet. We watched him for a long time – said Humpty. – By the way, another account it will soon publish.
Schlegel himself from commenting on this occasion refused. Statement by hackers looks strange. First significant limitations in RuNet were introduced by the law on blacklists. It was developed at the initiative of the League of Safer Internet (co-founder – Marshall Capital Partners fund billionaire Konstantin Malofeeva) and State Duma deputy Elena Mizulina. However, in AI claim that lay out on the Web material on their.
– Before her [Mizulina] also comes [turn] – note the hackers. – Some information on the league and Malofeev is, and it builds up, but these materials are not enough.
Representatives of the hacker group said that in the case of Schlegel and Dvorkovich, they gained access to their email accounts, and obtain personal information to data premiere helped his iPhone.
– Himself Twitter nobody broke, there was just enter the correct password – say hackers. – The iPhone passwords are stored in encrypted form, but Medvedev he was there [in the clear] in the notes, apparently, for the memory. Content iPhone spread did not, there are mainly personal correspondence.
According to the hacker group, the password on Twitter, Medvedev was a 15-digit: gfkrtopmda68743.
– In Twitter [prime minister] could be sitting very, very long time – say hackers. – There was a change of address from one to another – and, as we have seen, the previous was not functioning already. And the second has not yet been confirmed. A member of our team sat in Twitter, posted on behalf Medvedev posts and left. No one takes account – we are pressed the button “exit”.
According to them, the AI group had access not only to Twitter, but also to the accounts of Medvedev in social networks Facebook and “VKontakte”. Microblogging they considered the most convenient for communication. At the same time, they said, the prime minister has another Twitter-account that hackers called “real».
– This account is not verified. In it, he [Medvedev] reads those who he really is interesting, and writes of himself – they reported.
Representatives of hacker groups say that now they will have a 10-day leave, after which the Network will be available the new portions of the letters and the prime minister Arkady Dvorkovich.
Representatives of AI did not answer the question, what purpose they serve through their actions.
Experts believe that the political motive in the actions of hackers not.
– It is obvious that this is a deliberate hacking campaign. There is no doubt that people have long been preparing to crack this particular account and write what they wrote. Although the content of the hackers have made the biggest blunders. If it had not turned those notes into sheer farce, the effect would have been much more – a well-known blogger Stanislav Apetyan. – In my opinion, this is a political vandalism and hooliganism. I do not think that in this case, hackers tried to achieve any serious political purpose. In general, it is clear that these messages is difficult to discredit Dmitry Medvedev – all at once realized that it was a burglary. Is not that could discredit the individual employees of the press service of the government and partly self service Twitter.
Press Secretary Dmitry Medvedev Natalia Timakov refused to talk about breaking Twitter premiere.
According to the deputy director of Zecurion (dedicated to the protection of data leakage) Alexander Kovalev, the state authorities have an instruction that prohibits storing secret documents on the iPhone. Perhaps that is why nothing important in the published data of Russian government officials were not: only personal information.
– «Holes” is even in the Ministry of Defense, which periodically suffers from a successful hacker attacks. The iPhone also has its “holes” – said Kovalev. – Rather, access has been obtained through one of the service company. For example, could hack email account. Or cloud storage data iCloud. This makes it possible to restore the contents of iPhone premiere at the side of the device.
vulnerabilities in the iPhone, there are, as in any system, says Alex Nagorny, CEO “Taiga” (dedicated to the protection of data on mobile devices; is a holding company InfoWatch Natalya Kaspersky).
– These shortcomings should not be confused with the “tabs” in the OS, which by the secret services and the producers themselves to collect information about users. In this particular case, most likely, it is a question of the vulnerability, which was not provided by the manufacturer – says Nagorno. – And the use of our officials of the highest rank of the iPhone and other Android looks weird after the story of PRISM (NSA created the United States system for collecting information in communication networks. – “News”) and the provision of Snowden asylum in Russia.
According to the Director of the Coordination Center for TLD Andrei Kolesnikov, “do not look for difficulties”: more information leakage Dmitry Medvedev has occurred due to carelessness of someone from an environment prime minister, said the expert.
– Did any of the staff picked up a virus transmitted in the letters – said Kolesnikov. – Virus secretly was attached to the application letter, which was sent to the Prime Minister. After that passwords Medvedev went to the creators of the botnet. When they get over their bases, they could stumble upon this data.
Recall that last year raised about the need to ban officials to use iPhone. In late 2013 Security Service of the White House in Washington, Barack Obama has banned the use of iPhone – and Russian lawmakers and intelligence services began to lobby for amendments to the regulations of state institutions and the adoption of the law on the need or a complete ban on the use of foreign phones, or ban their operation without flashing in prevent the leakage of information.
As reported by “Izvestia”, the commission of the Federation Council on the development of the Information Society planned to consider the security of information exchange using service smartphones. There were proposals to transfer officials at Russia’s new smartphone from the company Yota Devices, as well as on the device with the function of encrypting traffic. The Federal Protective Service also investigated questions about the protection gossegmenta Internet from the threat of break-ins and information leakage, as well as telephone security of the state apparatus.
– The question is very important, we are now solve it. Or reflash the phone, setting them protection, or prohibit the use of it at all, but so far there are no analogues in Russian general sale. Currently, more than likely option flashing, – stated in the power department.
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