Cyberattack disrupts Rosstat websites and statistics releases
Russia’s Federal State Statistics Service suffered cyberattacks from October 29 to November 1, 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 November 15.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- 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 cyberattacks targeting servers and information resources
- Location
- Russia
Timeline
- A series of cyberattacks targeting Russia’s Federal State Statistics Service began.
- The statistics agency acknowledged the cyberattacks and denied a data leak, while the attackers claimed access to approximately 25,000 computers and the theft of 23 TB of data.
- Difficulties restoring systems and delays to releases of key economic statistics until at least November 13 became known.
- It was disclosed that analysis of stolen records had identified 11,335 death records for foreign combatants fighting on Russia’s side.
- Recovery remained disrupted following the cyberattacks, and key statistics were still unavailable.
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