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Ukraine’s GUR hacked the Russian Ministry of Defense

March 5, 2024

The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense announced it had breached the Russian Ministry of Defense servers as part of a special operation, and exfiltrated confidential documents.
Stolen documents include:

  • confidential documents, including orders and reports circulated among over 2000 structural units of the Russian military service.
  • software used by the Russian Ministry of Defense to encrypt and protect its data.
  • a collection of secret service documents belonging to the Russian Ministry of War

The stolen documents allowed intelligence analysts of Ukraine’s GUR to delineate the comprehensive structure of the Russian Ministry of Defense system and its various units.

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