Comedian and actor Dmitry Zhuravlev, host of the show “Natalnaya Karta,” says that in March scammers hijacked his personal Instagram and Telegram accounts by reissuing his SIM card with a fake passport in his name. After gaining control, they threatened his wife Elena with publishing their intimate correspondence and demanded money, which the couple refused to pay. Zhuravlev filed a police report and contacted his mobile operator, which explained the SIM-swap scheme. 

However, he could not restore Telegram access because malware on the channel instantly entered incorrect login codes, blocking recovery. In October, while in London, Zhuravlev met blogger-agency head Kirill Didenok, who introduced him to Belarusian IT specialists. One of them phoned a certain “Pasha,” widely assumed to be Telegram founder Pavel Durov, and within about 20 minutes Zhuravlev’s Telegram account was restored.

source: click-or-die

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