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Received the same email. I'm based in Lithuania and I have a Russian first name. No Russian addresses, IPs, billing info etc (because I have never been there!). How do you even select people to target with this? It's past midnight, I'm trying to figure out my options here. How exactly do the Euros I pay you from EU contribute to the Russian aggression?

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Ah, this is probably the same fiasco as with Slack three years ago.

Stale and incorrect GeoIP data.

"Look, 5 years ago you accessed our services from an IP address which is now points to Russia! By MaxMind GeoIP lite Database!"

Last time I bothered to fix some data with them it took two months to even has a response.

> It's past midnight, I'm trying to figure out my options here

Obviously you need to contact support and hope what some of 1700 Ukranian support workers wouldn't mistake you for "Russian occupant" solely by the name.

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