Maria Magdalena Tunkara - Justice for Journalists

Maria Magdalena Tunkara (Young Masha)

Affiliated media: Instagram and TikTok blogger

Incident date: June 7, 2020

Attack type:

  • Identity theft / phishing / doxxing

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: The Moscow Times

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Additional information:

Maria Magdalena Tunkara reported that she received messages with racially motivated threats. «"If you, bitch, will be near one place or *** (the name of the metro station in St. Petersburg was hidden), I'll fucking kill you”. And the place that was indicated is a kilometre from my house», Tunkara said. «For example, yesterday there was a message „***, I hope they will beat you. We know where you live”. With a little effort, it was possible to establish the identity of the person, although he wrote from a fake account. He was reported to the police last night».

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