Durov told about the attack on him by the Kremlin hackers

The founder of Russian social network Vkontakte and messenger Telegram Pavel Durov reported that Google sent him a warning about a possible break-in attempt on their mailbox governmental hackers.

“State-linked hackers may try to steal your password”, – stated in the warning, the company announced in Twitter.

“I never use Gmail for important things, but somehow not surprised,” he commented on the message.

Google says government-backed attackers may be trying to hack me. I never use Gmail for important stuff, but somehow I am not surprised. pic.twitter.com/EdAgHisHxF

— Pavel Durov (@durov) may 27, 2017

Recall that in 2014 Pavel Durov sold his shares “Vkontakte” left Russia.

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