{"id":37163,"date":"2024-01-19T12:03:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T10:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cins.rs\/?p=37163"},"modified":"2024-01-19T12:03:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T10:03:42","slug":"attempts-to-infiltrate-instagram-profile-of-cins-journalist-who-reported-on-call-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cins.rs\/en\/attempts-to-infiltrate-instagram-profile-of-cins-journalist-who-reported-on-call-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Attempts to Infiltrate Instagram Profile of CINS Journalist Who Reported on Call Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just yesterday, someone made seven attempts to log into the personal Instagram account of Ivana Milosavljevi\u0107<\/strong>, a journalist at the Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia<\/em> (CINS). The first attempt had been recorded a few days earlier.<\/p>

A lawyer from the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia <\/em>(IJAS) filed a report with the relevant prosecutor’s office suspecting that these attempts were made because of her journalistic work and published investigative stories.<\/p>

The report states that these attacks are a result of Ivana’s journalistic work and an attempt to harm her directly, posing a completely realistic danger of her social media accounts being taken over.<\/p>

It has been just over a month since CINS published a story on its investigation<\/a> into the Serbian Progressive Party’s (SNS) call center.<\/p>

As CINS\u2019s journalist, Milosavljevi\u0107 was briefly part of a large call center, tucked away from the public eye, from which more than 100 people called citizens daily, asking them if they would vote for the SNS. She exposed that it was a well-organized group, and the way they worked raised suspicions of vote-buying and funding using “black money”.<\/p>

Bojan Perkov <\/strong>from the SHARE Foundation<\/em>, which deals with digital security, says these are attempts by unknown individuals to access the Instagram account without authorization.<\/p>

These attempts, he adds, come at a very sensitive moment. Perkov believes that the investigation into the call center is likely connected to these attempts, as Ivana has gained significant public attention, and because the entire case was in focus once again.<\/p>

In fact, the Anti-Corruption Agency<\/em> decided not to initiate proceedings<\/a> in relation to the SNS call center. Their decision states that SNS, the hostess agency M&J Lady<\/em>, and the Center for Education and Development of Youth in Belgrade<\/em> (CEROB) denied any involvement in the call center’s operations.<\/p>

Reporting on his information, CINS reminded us of its investigation, in which it was documented that Milena Markovi\u0107<\/strong> from the agency M&J Lady<\/em> organized the work of the call center that our journalist infiltrated, and the money for the work was paid cash-in-hand on CEROB\u2019s premises. CINS documented all this with video and audio recordings.<\/p>