Screenshots of the alleged attack on Hunters, as well as a press release, have been collated together on Dropbox here. The Hunters app first appeared in stores in November 2012, with the latest versions going live on Apple's App Store and Google Play on 30 January and 14 January, respectively.Įl Reg also asked developers of the better known Grindr app if there was a more general clampdown in Russia but we've yet to receive a reply. We are not communicating to our users via Facebook and Twitter because these SN are not popular in Russia. But hackers sent all messages to Russian users & tourists who came in Sochi in English in order to make them scared. Hunters is localized into 12 languages including Russian. In response, Hunters chief exec Dmitry T reasserted that the stories about the warning were genuine and explained the app's low profile on English-medium and Western social media sites. We asked the developers to explain this apparent discrepancy.
Hunters boasts just 468 Facebook likes and 15 followers on Twitter so its purported huge presence in Russia appeared curious.
