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KGB data stolen during Cyberpartisans strike on Belarus

On Friday, a Belarusian group known as Cyberpartisans announced that they had infiltrated the local KGB website, claiming to have stolen data on over 8,600 employees. The activists shared a list of the website's KGB administrators online.

Cyber partisans from Belarus hacked data of KGB employees. List already on the internet.
Cyber partisans from Belarus hacked data of KGB employees. List already on the internet.
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28 April 2024 13:06

A spokesperson for the group, Juliana Shametaviec, spoke to the AP agency, highlighting that the cyber attack was in retaliation to KGB chief Ivan Tertel's accusations against the activists of targeting critical infrastructure.
"The KGB is orchestrating the most extensive political repression in the nation's history and must be accountable. Our actions aim to protect Belarusians, not to harm them as the repressive Belarusian secret services do," the activist stated.
Shametaviec assured that the hackers had gained access to the KGB's website years ago and have been launching attacks since. They claim to have downloaded the personal files of over 8,600 officers.
Based on these data, a chatbot was developed, enabling the identification of KGB employees through submitted photos.
The information about the KGB website administrators was shared on the Telegram service.

"Our goal is to demonstrate that hiding information is futile in the digital realm. The reality of political repression will surface, and those responsible will face the consequences," Shametaviec stated, vowing to continue the attacks.

Not the hackers' first campaign in Belarus

Independent Radio Svaboda reported that the KGB's website ceased functioning around two months ago, an incident now claimed as the work of the Cyberpartisans.

Radio Svaboda describes the group as a "decentralized community" of hackers. The group emerged in September 2020, initiating its operations in response to the crackdown on political protest participants. Since then, it has targeted the websites of Belarusian state institutions and law enforcement services.

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