Russian Federal State Statistics Service says it was hit by massive cyberattack — hackers steal 23TB of data, including Ukraine war casualty figures
- Hackers have shared data concerning Russian casualties in its war with Ukraine on a Russian state website, while also stealing 23TB of data
- Russian state statistics agency Rosstat admitted its servers were targeted over the Halloween weekend
- The organization’s electronic document management system was also hacked and exfiltrated
Russian casualty figures in its war with Ukraine have been kept under wraps since 2024, but have now been displayed on the website of Russian state statistics agency Rosstat following a major breach of security.
Rosstat admitted to a breach over the weekend of October 29 to November 1, 2026, but has yet to admit to any form of exfiltration - despite hacker groups Belarusian CyberPartisans and Silent Crow confirming around 23TB of data was taken.
As well as the casualty figures, the Silent Crow group and its collaborators have boasted of hacking and stealing a document management system, and also claimed...
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