Belarusian hackers claimed to have accessed Russian statistical data about military losses in Ukraine.
Hackers targeted Russia's Rosstat website between October 29 and November 1, claiming to have accessed 23 terabytes of data and destroyed internal systems. Rosstat confirmed the attacks but said no data was leaked. The Supreme Court labeled the groups as extremist in July 2026.
- Belarusian hackers claimed they breached the Rosstat website.
- The hackers downloaded about 23 TB of information.
- Rosstat announced it found no evidence its databases were compromised.
- The Supreme Court of Russia declared the groups 'Cyberpartizanii BY' and Silent Crow extremist organizations in July 2026.
- Silent Crow claimed to have destroyed Rosstat's internal IT infrastructure.
- Rosstat reported that targeted cyberattacks on its information resources occurred from October 29 to November 1.
- Hacker groups CyberPartizans BY and Silent Crow reported hacking the Federal State Statistics Service websites.
- The hackers gained access to about 25 thousand computers.
Outlets: ABC Color, Detector Media, IStories, Mediazona, Meduza.io, Novaya Gazeta Europe, The Insider, The Moscow Times - Independent News From Russia, ZN.UA, Ziarul de Gardă
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