Subject: RE: Query on Georgian Interior Ministry hacking
From: Maia Nikoleishvili
To: "Satter Raphael (Reuters)" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Stubbs Jack (Reuters)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:00:54 +0000

Dear Raphael,

On behalf of the Ministry of IDPs from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia I would like to kindly inform you that investigation of the recent cyber-attack case is ongoing and therefore, unfortunately the Minister is not able to make any comments on this issues.

Hope for your kind consideration and understanding.

Best regards,

Maia

From: Satter, Raphael (Reuters) [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: 13 October, 2020 00:10
To: Maia Nikoleishvili
Cc: info; Stubbs, Jack (Reuters)
Subject: RE: Query on Georgian Interior Ministry hacking

Wonderful, thank you for taking the time!

Raphael

From: Maia Nikoleishvili <[email-masked]>
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 4:09 PM
To: Satter, Raphael (Reuters) <[email-masked]>
Cc: info <[email-masked]>; Stubbs, Jack (Reuters) <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Query on Georgian Interior Ministry hacking

Dear Raphael,

Sorry for the delayed response. You request has been submitted. I will communicate with our PR Department and get back to you tomorrow.

Best regards,

Maia Nikoleishvili MPA

Head of International Relations and Protocol Division of Administration

Ministry of IDPs from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia

Address: 144 Tsereteli ave., 0119 Tbilisi, Georgia

Tel.: +995 32 2510034 (0803)

E-mail: [email-masked]

On 12 Oct 2020, at 23:59, Satter, Raphael (Reuters) <[email-masked]> wrote:

Dear Ms. Nikoleishvili,

I wanted to follow up on my email from last week. Please let me know if you’ve got a moment to chat.

Sincerely,

Raphael

From: Satter, Raphael (Reuters)
Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2020 5:19 PM
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked]; Stubbs, Jack (Reuters) <[email-masked]>
Subject: FW: Query on Georgian Interior Ministry hacking

Dear Ms. Maia Nikoleishvili:

This is Raphael Satter with Reuters. I’ve been speaking with Dr. Khatuna Mshvidobadze at the George Washington University in the United States and she suggested I get in touch with an interview request.

Together with a colleague, Jack Stubbs (CC’d) Reuters is investigating the hack-and-leak operation aimed at the Georgian Health Ministry and the Georgia’s Lugar Center for Public Health Research. There are some indications that suggest a state-sponsored effort to spread disinformation ahead of the election this month, but we feel like we need more detailed information on what happened to support a story.

Dr. Mshvidobadze suggested we may be able to speak to Ekaterine Tikaradze. Would this be something you might help us arrange?

We’d be happy to speak with you by phone tomorrow if you’d like more details about our project.

Sincerely,

Raphael

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