INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
groups, and it has included data leaks, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, anti-war posts on state-owned websites, and even
announced last month that they had managed to get access to almost a million emails from VGTRK, a powerful state-run media corporation that
operates television channels including Rossia 24
They also leaked the personal data of 120,000 Russian servicemen apparently fighting in Ukraine as well as data from the Culture Ministry,
Central Bank and communications regulator Roskomnadzor.Some of the emails in the leaked VGTRK database revealed details of the media
watchful eye on foreign media coverage of its own broadcasts, and how Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the powerful Security Council,
And the size of the VGTRK leak means it will likely take journalists and investigators many months to comb through all the data.In addition,
to Igor Bederov, the head of the Internet Rozysk cybersecurity firm.Another popular tactic has been DDoS attacks on Russian websites,
causing shut-downs or delays
Bederov.In other cyber-intrusions, Russian web services have been flooded with anti-war ads
Two days after the start of the invasion, viewers on Ivi, a Russian streaming service, saw pictures of war damaged Ukrainian towns and
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said earlier this month
