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Kyiv cyberpolice unit revealed a criminal scheme applied by a local man, 23, who had been hacking profiles on social networks through phishing, effectively blocking them and then demanding ransom from account owners for restoring access.

Besides personal pages, he also focused on the profiles of online stores on Instagram, the press service of the National Police reports.

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