The Churchman Tikhon (Mr. Shevkunov), who is called "Vladimir Putin's Confessor" in the media, told about the hacking of his mail. Now blackmailers are threatening to publish information of many years
"A few months ago it turned out that my email was hacked for many years. My private and business correspondence began to be published on the Black Mirror website. In parallel, these materials were published on other telegram channels. I was asked to pay ten million rubles to suspend publication. I, of course, refused," said Tikhon.
The attackers, according to the clergyman, demanded to pay 10 million rubles ($132,000) to suspend the publication. The Churchman answered hackers that he can put all the information of his mail in open access if they will donate the same amount to the Pskov diocese.
Tikhon said that he did not want to "accept the terms of blackmailers and encourage dirty business." Shevkunov added that he did not pay attention to the hack at all and commented on it only because of many questions from the media. "I know that the competent authorities are looking for hackers, but whether they find them or not, we will see," said the Metropolitan.
"There is the COVID-19 virus, there are computer viruses, and there are such viruses in our society. They affect both those who steal other people's letters, wanting to make money on it and those who eagerly read other people's letters," stated the Churchman
Tikhon.
It is worth noting that letters from his hacked mail continue to be published so far. In particular, recently an audio file of his conversation with the filmmaker Nikita Mikhalkov was published
