Hackers claim to have stolen 23TB of data from Russian statistics body, including Ukraine war casualty figures — Russian Federal State Statistics Service admits its servers were hit by coordinated cyberattacks

The Russian Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) confirmed that its servers were hit by coordinated cyberattacks between October 29 and 31. The agency stated that it was targeted by a group of hackers, but it denied claims that tens of terabytes of data had been leaked.

Hackers, including the Belarusian CyberPartisans and Silent Crow, claim to have stolen 23TB of data, including wartime casualty figures marked for official use only. The hackers say that the data includes information on Russian wartime losses and that a new chart suggests as many as 50,000 Russian soldiers are killed every month.

Data breach details

The hackers claim to have stolen 23TB of data from Rosstat, including figures on Ukraine war casualties. The agency, which is very much like the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics, stopped publishing annual cause-of-death statistics in 2024.

The hackers say that the data includes information on Russian wartime losses marked for official use only. The breach raises serious concerns about the accuracy of official war statistics and the potential for the data to be used for propaganda purposes.

Russian response

Rosstat denied claims that tens of terabytes of data had been leaked, as asserted by hack groups like the Belarusian CyberPartisans and Silent Crow. The agency stated that it was targeted by a group of hackers, but it denied that a large amount of data had been stolen.

The hackers claim to have stolen 23TB of data from Rosstat, including figures on Ukraine war casualties. The agency, which is very much like the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics, stopped publishing annual cause-of-death statistics in 2024.

Implications

The breach raises serious concerns about the accuracy of official war statistics and the potential for the data to be used for propaganda purposes. The hackers claim to have stolen 23TB of data from Rosstat, including figures on Ukraine war casualties.

The hackers say that the data includes information on Russian wartime losses marked for official use only. The breach raises serious concerns about the accuracy of official war statistics and the potential for the data to be used for propaganda purposes.