MOSCOW, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Hackers got into the Twitter account of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Thursday morning, tweeting out anti-Kremlin messages and offering his resignation.
"I resign. I am ashamed of the government's actions. I'm sorry," the tweets began, in Russian.
The Russian hacking collective Shaltay Boltay, whose name means Humpty Dumpty, took credit for the takeover, tweeting out denunciations of President Vladimir Putin and the country's takeover of Crimea.
On its own account, the Anonymous-affiliated group tweeted: "Several mail accounts -- including the Gmail and the content of three iPhones of a certain prime minister have randomly fallen into our hands on the Internet. Details later."
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Shaltay Boltay last month published what it said were notes from the Kremlin instructing Russian television stations on how to cover major news events, private messages of a pro-Kremlin group charged with making pro-Putin comments on Western news sites, and leaked emails from the Russian rebel commander in eastern Ukraine, Igor Girkin, going back as far as 2010.
Несколько почтовых акков в том числе гмайл и содержимое трех айфонов некоего премьер-министра случайно попалось нам в сети Подробности позже
— Shaltay Boltay (@b0ltai) August 14, 2014Below are some of the tweets from Medvedev's hacked account, with translations:
"I resign, ashamed of gov actions", "Crimea is not ours, pls retweet". #Medvedev twitter account apparently hacked. pic.twitter.com/DAn90pF2W4
— Paul Gypteau (@paulgypteau) August 14, 2014Today, #Medvedev's account was hacked. One of the tweets was "#Crimea is not ours, please retweet". #Russia pic.twitter.com/giHtbG1PKu
— Jelena Prtoric (@yellena_p) August 14, 2014Аккаунт Дмитрия Медведева в Twitter взломали http://t.co/9ZF4MK0ibp pic.twitter.com/CSVKMp0Mzr
— Look At Me (@lookatme_news) August 14, 2014'I'll be a freelance photographer': Russian PM's Twitter account hacked http://t.co/ibXNB4suzM pic.twitter.com/ZNrr5tM3bM
— RT (@RT_com) August 14, 2014Photos Shaltay Boltay claimed were taken from Medvedev's phone, which appear to be from a government meeting, from Medvedev's normal vantage point.
Совершенно случайно эти интересные фото попали к нам. Видимо из личного айфона кем-то взломанного @MedvedevRussia pic.twitter.com/vGbMI6G0ds
— Shaltay Boltay (@b0ltai) August 14, 2014
