Hackers hacked Twitter account of the Russian Foreign Ministry and put up for sale data from tourists

From ehackingnews.com

Hackers hacked the Twitter account of the situation and crisis center of the Russian Foreign Ministry and put up a database of Russian tourists there for sale. The Foreign Ministry confirmed the hacking but called the message about the sale of data false. The Department said that the account has now been restored and is fully functioning.

Hackers offered to buy the database for June 2020 for 66 bitcoins (about $9000). They claimed that the database contains more than 115 thousand people. A Jabber account was specified for communication.

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