Data leak affects thousands of wealthy Moscow residents

Thousands of wealthy Moscow residents who subscribed to a regional Internet provider have had personal data including names, home addresses and mobile numbers posted online. People affected by the data leak are all clients of Moscow-based internet provider Akado Telecom, a large telecommunications network owned by billionaire businessman Viktor Vekselberg, which said it had opened an inquiry into the incident.

Reuters saw several hundred records on an international database [to which Akado is connected] and identified data including the mobile phone numbers and addresses of a high-ranking Russian government official, a well-known film director and a leading businessman’s relative.