Sergei Stepanov, editor-in-chief of the Politnavigator online publication, said that the Telegram support service
The hack was discovered on September 8, after whichThe editors of Politnavigator called on fellow journalists, readers, and simply not indifferent users of the messenger to contact the support service to correct the situation. The editors are confident that their channel was hacked by Ukrainian hackers associated with the SBU.
The fact is that Politnavigator - initiallyUkrainian Internet resource created in 2014. Journalists of the publication did not agree with the fact and consequences of the coup d'état in Ukraine, and many were forced to leave Kyiv.
The editor-in-chief of the publication Sergey Stepanov noted thatthe Telegram support service promptly responded to requests and helped to return the channel to the owners as soon as possible. He said the following: “To the credit of the Telegram support service, they responded to complaints from readers and editors promptly.”
Stepanov stressed that the hack was carried out by hackers associated with the SBU - while the hackers had control over the channel, they managed to announce a new project and publish one survey.
"Thanks to the help of readers, colleagues and friends of Politnavigator, a hacker attack by the SBU was repelled, as a result of which the Telegram channel of our website was seized for some time," said Serhiy Stepanov.