Hacked Records Show 400,000 Russians Killed in War on Ukraine: Report
Hackers say the records came from Rosstat’s internal database and include death certificates that could show Russia’s war toll is far higher than disclosed.
- On November 7, hacker groups Belarusian CyberPartisans and Silent Crow claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Russia's Federal State Statistics Service , alleging leaked records indicate between 394,000 and 450,000 war-related deaths since 2022.
- Targeted by cyberattacks between October 29 and November 1, Rosstat acknowledged its systems were breached but denied that its databases had been compromised or that any information was leaked.
- Using distinct methodologies, Belarusian CyberPartisans estimated at least 393,881 deaths from combat records, while Silent Crow published a higher estimate of up to 450,100, potentially making this Russia's deadliest conflict since World War II.
- Disproportionately affecting Russia's smallest ethnic groups, recruitment policies offer lucrative salaries and benefits; data shows 72% of registered deaths occurred in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic.
- "The main significance is political," Janis Kluge of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs told The Moscow Times, noting that losing population at this rate contradicts the narrative that Russia is winning.
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Hacker groups Kiberpartizany BY and Silent Crow claim to have penetrated the systems of the Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (Rosstat) and have obtained data that could reveal the extent of Moscow's human losses in the war against Ukraine. According to them, about 23 terabytes of data were stolen, including internal documents, demographic and economic statistics, as well as information on Russian losses in the war. Based on the materia…
This is carefully hidden from the citizens of the Russian Federation.
Russia reported the deaths of about 400,000 of its men fighting in Ukraine, according to the data stolen from the Russian statistical agency Rosstat. (ANSA)
The Kiberpartizani BY group estimates the military who died since February 2022 in 393,881, which are the persons who the statistical service considers dead in military actions proper.
Computer pirates estimated the number of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine after checking Russian national statistical service systems, Rosstat, at almost 400,000.
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