FBK accused a former employee of stealing a database of email addresses of Navalny supporters; he denies the charges

accused former employee Fyodor Gorozhanko of stealing a database of email addresses of supporters of Alexei Navalny. The investigation was published on the politician's website.

At FBK, Gorozhanko was involved in mailing lists, and after his dismissal he was left with a secret API key, with which he gained access to the database, the post says. Navalny's supporters also claim that on April 3 and 9, Gorozhanko deposited 1,240,000 rubles into his bank account. At the same time, the St. Petersburg resident previously had problems with money, and collectors tried to collect 96 thousand rubles from him.

Gorozhanko denies the charges. “No, I didn’t hack FBK and didn’t sell the database for a million,” he told Mediazona.

Later, in a conversation with Baza, Gorozhanko added that he did not take out the microloans mentioned in the investigation. According to the activist, his passport information was made publicly available, and thus “third parties” issued a loan for him. “I’m currently arguing about this,” Gorozhanko emphasized.

“After my dismissal, I got a job in a normal company, with a Moscow salary - from there the receipts were transferred to my card (a separate question is how FBK received this data),” Gorozhanko explained to Baze.

in the public domain On April 16, a database with email addresses of people who agreed to go to a rally in support of Alexei Navalny was found . Soon, people included in the database began receiving threatening letters. Journalists found out that a programmer from Samara, Mikhail Dudin, associated with the presidential administration, was involved in sending threatening letters to these addresses. The Department of Transport began mass layoffs of workers who supported Navalny.

Updated at 4:56 p.m. Added commentary from Gorozhanko “Baze”.