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Cyber-attacks disrupt Rosstat websites and statistics releases

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Russia’s Federal State Statistics Service suffered cyber-attacks from 29 October to 1 November 2026, resulting in defacement and access disruptions affecting its central and regional websites. Cyber Partisans and Silent Crow claimed access to approximately 25,000 computers and the theft of 23 TB of data, but the agency denied that its databases had been compromised or protected information leaked and investigated the source of the attacks. Records of combatant deaths identified through analysis of the stolen records were subsequently made public, while system recovery and the provision of key statistics remained disrupted through 15 November.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat)
Incident type
Hacking & intrusion
Occurred / detected
2026-10-29
Scale of damage
Defacement and access disruptions affecting central and regional websites; delayed releases of key economic statistics
Cause / method
Coordinated cyber-attacks targeting servers and information resources
Location
Russia

Timeline

  1. A series of cyber-attacks targeting Russia’s Federal State Statistics Service began.
  2. The statistics agency acknowledged the cyber-attacks and denied a data leak, while the attackers claimed access to approximately 25,000 computers and the theft of 23 TB of data.
  3. Difficulties restoring systems and delays to releases of key economic statistics until at least 13 November became known.
  4. It was disclosed that analysis of stolen records had identified 11,335 death records for foreign combatants fighting on Russia’s side.
  5. Recovery remained disrupted following the cyber-attacks, and key statistics were still unavailable.

20 related reports

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