World · 1 d ago
Hackers say they breached Russia's statistics agency and took data on its war losses
Rosstat, Russia's federal statistics service, confirmed its websites have been under cyberattack since Oct 29. The logos of the Belarusian Cyber Partisans and Silent Crow appeared on its pages.
No one will escape responsibility.
— The hackers, in Belarusian, on Rosstat's website
Data the hackers say they took
23 terabytes
Silent Crow says it downloaded about 23 terabytes of data, including information on Russia's military losses in the war against Ukraine.
What we know
- Rosstat confirms the attacks
- Its website was defaced
Not yet
- Whether war-loss data was taken
Rosstat says the attacks were carefully prepared but that no databases or legally protected information leaked. Russia's Supreme Court declared both groups extremist organizations in July.
