{
  "id": 17833368,
  "title": "Hackers say they stole 23 terabytes from Russia’s state statistics agency, including data on war casualties",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/hackers-say-they-stole-23-terabytes-from-russias-state-statistics",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T17:28:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Insider",
    "slug": "the-insider",
    "url": "https://theins.press/en/news/299065"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On November 1, Russia's Federal State Statistics Service Rosstat experienced a significant cyberattack. Hacker groups Silent Crow and Belarusian Cyber Partisans claimed responsibility, stating they had accessed around 25,000 computers and servers, stealing approximately 23 terabytes of data. The hackers also destroyed parts of the agency's internal IT infrastructure. Rosstat reported no evidence of databases being compromised or legally protected information being exfiltrated. The hackers allegedly obtained information on Russian casualties in Ukraine.",
  "summary": "Russia’s Federal State Statistics Service, more commonly known as Rosstat, was hit by a large-scale cyberattack overnight into Nov. 1. The agency confirmed that its systems had been breached, according to a report by the Kremlin-aligned newspaper Kommersant. Hacker groups Silent Crow and Belarusian Cyber Partisans claimed responsibility for the incident, saying they had gained access to around…",
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        "published": "2026-11-02T15:38:29.000Z"
      },
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/putin-orders-private-data-centers-in-russia-to-reserve-10-of-their",
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      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}