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Hackers placed fake orders for 150 Porsches and 24 rifles in Health Minister Georgiadis's name
Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis says unknown people used his hacked email on his birthday to place orders for luxury cars and rifles. He says he has contacted the Cybercrime Division and will pursue legal action.
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In brief
Georgiadis listed 150 Porsche Cayenne cars, 50 Mercedes Maybach, 24 Benelli rifles and one Springfield Armory Echelon firearm, all allegedly ordered through his hacked email.
Photographs of the messages published by the minister show senders posing as him, including one to Porsche that asked for 150 such vehicles for himself and his wife.
Georgiadis said he had contacted the Cybercrime Division on his birthday and would take legal action, describing the orders as an unusual way to wish him happy birthday.
The alleged hacking
Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis said unknown people broke into his email account on his birthday and used his name to place a series of luxury orders. In a post on X he listed 150 Porsche Cayenne cars, 50 Mercedes Maybach, 24 Benelli rifles and one Springfield Armory Echelon firearm. He also published photographs of the messages, which were sent to car and weapons companies and appeared to come from him. One message to Porsche claimed the buyer was the minister himself, purchasing the cars for himself and his wife, and asked for 150 such vehicles. According to his account, the orders were sent without his knowledge or approval. Coverage so far rests on the minister's own post and the screenshots he released with it.
- Porsche Cayenne
- 150 units
- Mercedes Maybach
- 50 units
- Benelli rifles
- 24 units
- Springfield Armory Echelon
- 1 units
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The minister's response
Georgiadis answered the incident with irony, thanking the senders for what he called an original way to wish him happy birthday. He said he had already contacted the Cybercrime Division and would take legal action against those responsible. His post closed with a joke that he had no such unfulfilled wishes. The reaction was published on X and picked up by Greek news sites the same morning.
“I thank them for the original way to wish me happy birthday, but I have just contacted the Cybercrime Division and will take legal action.”
Open questions
It is not yet known whether any of the orders went beyond the sending of messages. NewsIT gave the totals as 200 luxury cars and 25 weapons, figures that match the combined list in the minister's post. The complaint remains a claim based on the minister's own account. No outcome of the Cybercrime Division's inquiry has been reported so far, and no company has been reported as confirming any order.
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Sources and context
- ΣΚΑΪGeorgiadis hacked: It appears he ordered 150 Porsches, 50 Mercedes, 24 shotguns and a pistolΧάκαραν τον Γεωργιάδη: Φαίνεται ότι παρήγγειλε 150 Porsche, 50 Mercedes, 24 καραμπίνες και πιστόλι · original in Greek
- NewsITAdonis Georgiadis: His email was hacked and 150 Porsches, 50 Mercedes and shotguns were orderedΆδωνις Γεωργιάδης: Χάκαραν το email του και παρήγγειλαν 150 Porsche, 50 Mercedes και καραμπίνες - "Θα κινηθώ νομικά" · original in Greek
- iefimerida.grGeorgiadis: They hacked my email on my birthday, they placed orders for luxury cars and weaponsΓεωργιάδης: Χάκαραν το μέιλ μου ανήμερα των γενεθλίων μου, έκαναν παραγγελίες πολυτελών ΙΧ και όπλων · original in Greek
- Adonis Georgiadis
- Greek Health Minister whose email account was allegedly hacked and used to place orders in his name
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