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Hackers take over bookshops' and authors' social media accounts, demand 600 euros

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A series of social media accounts belonging to bookshops and authors were hacked. The attackers threatened to delete the accounts unless 600 euros was paid.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Being confirmed
Incident type
Hacking & intrusion
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Social media accounts of bookshops and authors hacked
Cause / method
Social media account hacking followed by demands for money under threat of account deletion
Location
South Korea

Timeline

  1. The hacking of bookshops' and authors' social media accounts and the demand for 600 euros were reported.

1 related reports

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