Work under way to fix Russian premier's hacked Twitter account - govt press service
MOSCOW. Aug 14 (Interfax) - The circumstances surrounding a hacking attack on Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's Twitter account have not yet been established, but all the technical measures needed to deal with the consequences of the incident are being taken, a Russian government spokesman told Interfax.
"The circumstances of the hacking attack remain unknown. All technical measures needed to mitigate its effect are being taken," he said.
Medvedev's Twitter account was hacked on Thursday morning.
In an interview with Interfax, the government's press service confirmed the incident and said that the latest tweets posted on the prime minister's Twitter account "do not correspond with reality."
A number of tweets appeared on Medvedev's page at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday. Some of them claimed that he was allegedly going to resign.
All these fake tweets were deleted as of 11:00 a.m.
