Hackers steal 23TB from Russian statistics body
The gist
Hackers say they stole about 23 terabytes from Rosstat and wiped part of its IT infrastructure.
Rosstat denies any leak; the data and casualty claims are unverified.
How it unfolded
- 2024Rosstat stopped publishing annual cause-of-death statistics.
- Oct 29, 2026Rosstat says its servers came under coordinated cyberattacks running through Nov. 1, which it describes as targeted and destructive.
- Oct 31, 2026CyberPartisans and Silent Crow say they began wiping Rosstat's infrastructure, including servers, databases and VPN systems.