Russia installs hidden audio surveillance in Moscow classrooms
The gist
A Moscow school employee's code analysis found a covert audio-recording package installed on classroom whiteboards from August to October 2026.
The module was pushed remotely by the city's IT department, which has not commented.
How it unfolded
- 2022Computers and interactive whiteboards in Moscow schools begin running an operating system developed for the Moscow Electronic School platform, built on a Linux distribution.
- Aug 2026 – Oct 2026On three boards in different schools, the package history shows software named "mesh-agent-lesson-log" being installed and updated.
- Nov 3, 2026A Moscow school employee publishes a technical breakdown of the code on GitHub; Mediazona independently analyses the package and confirms the findings.