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Russian intelligence data breach

Massive data breach at the Russian secret service

Date: 21.07.2019

Responsible body: Systech (IT service provider of the KGB successor FSB)

Type of data breach: Hacker attack at the Russian secret service

Hacker sollen 7,5 TByte Daten zu laufenden Projekten und Operationen der Moskauer Spionagebehörde entwendet haben. Die Gruppierung “0v1ru$” sei verantwortlich und habe die Daten über weitere Hackergruppierungen an die Presse gegeben.

Country: Russia

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