The hackers stole a database containing, according to them, information about hundreds of thousands of Russian prisoners.
Source. This was reported by CNN, which was contacted by the hackers.
In particular, the database contains data on those serving their sentences in the IR-3 colony in Kharp, where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died.
The hackers called it revenge for the politician's murder "in the hope that someone will be able to contact them and help them understand what happened to Navalny," one of the hackers who claims to be involved in the hack told CNN.
The hackers told journalists that the database contained information on about 800,000 prisoners, their relatives and contacts. The journalists compared the names of the prisoners shared by the hackers with the people currently in the colonies, according to publicly available data.
According to CNN, the FSIN's online store, where prisoners' relatives buy food, was hacked. The hackers set prices as low as 1 ruble per item. The prices of products such as noodles and canned beef were changed, CNN reports.
According to the TV channel's source, the administrator of the prison's online store noticed only a few hours later that Russians were buying food for a penny. It took three days for the FSIN store administrators to correct the price tags, the CNN source said.
A cybersecurity and threat research expert at SentinelOne, an American company, confirmed to CNN that the data provided by the hackers and the amount of data they provided allowed them to conclude that the FSIN database was authentic and that it had been obtained from the hacked prison store.
Background. Earlier it was reported that Russian hackers attacked German politicians – Moscow is working to undermine European support for Ukraine, cyber experts say.