About this
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TaraDeS — 8 months ago(July 28, 2025 01:38 PM)
About this
'surprise'
I already posted in my WWIII thread.
https://www.filmboards.com/board/p/22721028/permalink/#p22721028
But this coup de main deserves an own thread.
Pro-Ukraine Hacker Group "Silent Crow" claims responsibility for Aeroflot Cyber-Attack
The Kremlin has described reports of a cyber-attack on Russia's national carrier Aeroflot as
"worrying"
after the airline reported a failure in its information systems and cancelled dozens of flights.
A statement purporting to be from a pro-Ukraine hacking group called
"Silent Crow"
said it carried out the hack, together with a Belarusian group.
"We declare the successful completion of a prolonged and large-scale operation, as a result of which the internal IT infrastructure of Aeroflot was completely compromised and destroyed,"
the group said on Telegram.
It also claimed it had managed to destroy databases and corporate systems and to gain control over the personal computers of employees.
"Silent Crow"
also threatened to release
"the personal data of all Russians who have ever flown Aeroflot"
.
"Glory to Ukraine! Long live Belarus!"
, the post concluded.
Hacker groups routinely exaggerate their successes and whether this latest attack causes any lasting disruption remains to be seen. The BBC hasn't been able to verify any of Silent Crow's claims. However, the Russian prosecutor's office confirmed there had been
"a failure in the operation of the Aeroflot information system as a result of a hacker attack"
and said a criminal investigation had been opened.
A number of passengers would be transferred to flights operated by other carriers, the transport ministry said. The cancellations mostly affected internal flights but routes to Belarus, Armenia and Tashkent were also disrupted.
Pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian hacking groups have been extremely active since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 - but it is hard to know when their boasts about various cyber-attacks are backed up with facts. These gangs are often run by volunteers who target organisations and exaggerate their attacks to make headlines and degrade enemy morale.
This attack is a rare one that is having a visible and immediate impact on a major Russian company, affecting tens of thousands of civilians as well as the firm.
"Silent Crow"
said they worked with the long-established Belarusian hacker group
Cyber Partisans
, which has been carrying out attacks against targets in Russia and Belarus since 2022.
Cyber Partisans
describes itsself as
"a highly organised hacktivist collective that is fighting for the liberation of Belarus from dictatorial rule"
.
Whilst many groups claim to be
"hacktivists"
– activist hackers – evidence points to some of having close ties with security services of the countries they support. Since Moscow's troops launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, travellers in Russia often face disruption - usually owing to attacks by Ukrainian drones.
Earlier in July hundreds of flights were cancelled at Moscow's four main airports
following a sustained Ukrainian drone attack, affecting tens of thousands of people.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87e0ydy3d4o
July 28, 2025
There were always hacker attacks, also against Germany and not only from Russia.
But the attacks from Russia recently increased significantly.
That's why the
"Silent Crow"
is now one of my heroes.
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TaraDeS — 8 months ago(August 02, 2025 08:28 AM)
These are the Hackers who paralyzed Moscow's State Airline.
The pro-Ukrainian group
"Silent Crow"
and the Belarusian collective
"Cyber Partisans"
are said to be behind the widespread outage of the Russian airline Aeroflot. Yuliana Shemetovets, spokesperson for the
"Cyber Partisans"
, describes how she and her colleagues carried out their operations to ntv.
https://www.n-tv.de/mediathek/videos/politik/Das-sind-die-Hacker-die-Moskaus-Staats-Airline-lahmlegten-article25939298.html
August 02, 2025
Interesting video in the short article above.
This
is not the same video but interesting as well.
Airports in Moscow and Crimea paralyzed
upload August 01, 2025 -
TaraDeS — 7 months ago(August 06, 2025 05:38 PM)
Hackers disrupt Moscow-St. Petersburg Railway
Hackers targeted JSC Moscow and Tver Suburban Passenger Company, a key operator of commuter trains in Moscow Oblast, Ukraine’s Center for Strategic Communications (Spravdi) reported on Telegram on August 06, 2025.
Hackers carried out a cyberattack on the Moscow railway.
The attack resulted in:
️Disabled ticket payment and validation systems,
️Non-functional computers for cashiers and dispatchers,
️Damaged servers and network equipment,
️Disrupted dispatching systems on the Moscow-Tver line.
Spravdi reported that this threatens to halt rail connections between Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia’s two largest cities.
Daily losses for the company are estimated at a minimum of 20 million rubles ($249,462), with additional losses for businesses whose employees cannot commute. Recovery could take days or weeks, with total damages estimated between $3 million and $10 million.
Spravdi noted this is the second major cyberattack on Moscow’s transport infrastructure in two weeks, following a July 28 attack that crippled Aeroflot’s IT systems.
On August 01, it was reported that Belarusian
Cyber Partisans
published the flight data of Sergei Alexandrovsky, CEO of Russia's largest airline Aeroflot, and confirmed that they had gained access to the personal data of the company's customers.
Earlier, Russia's state media watchdog
Roskomnadzor
said it had not confirmed the information about a possible leak of Aeroflot data. After the hack, the
Cyber Partisans
wrote that the successful penetration of the airline's IT systems was largely made possible by the fact that some of the company's employees neglected password security. In particular, Alexandrovsky had not changed his password since 2022.
On July 28, it was reported that one of the reasons for the hack of the IT system of Aeroflot, Russia’s largest airline, was the password of CEO Sergei Alexandrovsky, which had not been changed since 2022. The operation was made possible by the fact that the company was using old versions of Windows, and some employees neglected password security.
On the morning of July 28, Aeroflot canceled 42 flights due to a malfunction in its information systems. The airline's press service announced the cancellation of flights from Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, in particular to Yekaterinburg, Minsk and St. Petersburg.
The Belarusian hacker groups
Silent Crow
and
Cyber Partisans BY
claimed responsibility for the attack on Aeroflot.
https://english.nv.ua/nation/hackers-attack-russian-railway-causing-damage-of-up-to-10-million-50535148.html
August 06, 2025
Both hacker groups are from Belarus?!
Hmmm, I suspect a red herring because for sure the Russians are after them now. ☻
No YT-video yet about the hacked Russian railway.
A bit off-topic, but I want to watch that video below about Kaliningrad (former Königsberg) without ads.
Putin's worst Nightmare
NATO treats Kaliningrad as an active War Zone
Upload August 05, 2025