A representative of the VGTRK administration commented on the situation with the publication on the Telegram channel.
A statement on this matter was made by Deputy General Director of VGTRK Rifat Sabitov.
This was reported by Lenta.ru , citing a source.
Sabitov stated that the offensive publication in the Telegram channel "Vesti. Kursk" addressed to Alexander Khinshtein is the result of a hacker attack.
The State Duma deputy became acting governor of Kursk Oblast the day before. This decision was made by President Vladimir Putin.
Soon after, a post appeared on the Telegram channel Vesti. Kursk with obscene language directed at Khinshtein.
Sabitov emphasized that today the scale of activity of fraudsters and authors of fakes has reached unprecedented levels. "I am "exposed" every day," the VGTRK representative stated.
Not only public figures, but also ordinary Russians suffer from the activities of hackers and telephone scammers.
Fraudsters continue to invent various schemes to steal citizens' money or extort personal data.
