The Predominant Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine’s Ministry of Protection claims that it breached the servers of the Russian Ministry of Protection (Minoborony) and stole delicate paperwork.
A press launch printed at this time on an official Ukrainian authorities area describes the assault as a “particular operation” carried out by GUR’s cyber-specialists.
Because of the breach, the GUR claims to have obtained delicate paperwork that comprise secret service info, together with:
- Software program utilized by the Russian Ministry of Protection for shielding and encrypting information
- An array of secret service paperwork from the Russian Ministry of Protection, together with orders, stories, directives, and numerous different paperwork, circulated amongst over 2000 structural items of the ministry.
- Data that enables establishing the whole construction of the system of the Minoborony and its hyperlinks.
- Knowledge that helped determine senior heads of structural items of the Minoborony, in addition to deputies, assistants, and specialists who used software program for digital doc administration known as “paperwork.”
- Paperwork belonging to the Russian Deputy Minister of Protection, Ivanov Timur Vadimovich.
The press release notes that the actual minister, Vadimovich, had a major position within the success of the cyber assault, although any precise particulars on the operation are omitted.
4 screenshots exhibiting database question outcomes, log information, and paperwork outlining official procedures/tips have been posted as proof of the alleged breach.
BleepingComputer has been unable to validate the authenticity of those screenshots and has contacted the Russian Ministry of Protection for an announcement, however a remark wasn’t instantly obtainable.
Beforehand, the GUR has claimed unconfirmed breaches into the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, aka “planeta” (планета), the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, ‘Rosaviatsia,’ and the Russian Federal Taxation Service (FNS).
Two of those assaults allegedly concerned information backups and database destruction aimed toward operational disruption. Within the newest case in opposition to Moniborony, no such claims have been made by the GUR.
