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Hackers claim to have breached Rosstat and put Russian military losses at 450100 dead

The groups Silent Crow and Cyber Partisans say they stole about 23 TB of data. By their count, 450100 Russians have died in the war since February 2022, while the Cyber Partisans give a figure of 393881 by the end of August 2026.

Hackers claim to have breached Rosstat and put Russian military losses at 450100 dead

The hacker groups Silent Crow and Cyber Partisans have said they breached Rosstat's internal IT infrastructure and stole about 23 TB of data, including mortality data. According to the Ukrainian outlet my.ua, the attacks lasted from 29 October to 1 November. On the night of 1 November, a message in Belarusian, "No one can escape responsibility", and the logos of both groups appeared on the agency's website. Belarusian authorities have designated "Cyber Partisans BY" an extremist material. The hackers' claims have not been independently verified, and the sources contain no response from Rosstat.

The hackers say about 25000 computers came under their control. In Telegram they announced the "successful compromise and destruction" of the agency's internal IT infrastructure.

Silent Crow claims it gained access to a significant part of the IT infrastructure of Rosstat's central office, its regional divisions and its main interregional data processing centre. According to the group, 23 TB was extracted. The hackers said the dump contains no names.

According to Silent Crow's calculations, 450100 Russians have died in the war against Ukraine since February 2022. That is 6.2 dead per square kilometre of seized land. The Cyber Partisans give a different figure: at least 393881 dead Russian servicemen by the end of August 2026. In the group's estimate, total losses, including the wounded, the disabled and those missing in action, may be 3–5 times higher.

Russia has lost 450100 people in the war against Ukraine – hackers have begun analysing the data obtained after breaching Rosstat's resources. In particular, they analysed the database of the "Demography" information system, which contains census data as well as data on the causes of death of citize
Russia has lost 450100 people in the war against Ukraine – hackers have begun analysing the data obtained after breaching Rosstat's resources. In particular, they analysed the database of the "Demography" information system, which contains census data as well as data on the causes of death of citize · Photo: t.me/gvozdoder_lifet

Silent Crow writes that its count includes 14160 non-combat deaths of servicemen and 13671 deaths of people registered in Russia who died in occupied territories or in Ukraine with no cause stated. For the records with no cause, the hackers added an estimate of possible war deaths, from 3734 to 9118.

Among the dead, the hackers counted 356056 people with code Y36 "operations of war", 38229 with code Y89.1 "sequelae of war operations", 18291 with the entry "during military operations" and 575 with the entry "terrorist act". The spread between categories runs from 575 to 356056.

According to these data, since February 2022 military losses have become the fourth most common cause of death in Russia, behind only atherosclerotic heart disease, COVID-19 and ischemia.

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