Russian hacker group leaks data on 1,700 Ukrainian security servicemen
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A Russian hacker group leaked the data of hundreds of Ukrainians in security services and thousands of military personnel in the navy in response to the Crimean Bridge attack.
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Cars drive on the Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait after opening a reverse traffic in Krasnodar region of south Russia, July 18, 2023.
The Russian RaHDit hacker group published Thursday the data of 1,700 employees of the Security Service of Ukraine, as well as that of 2,000 military personnel of the Ukrainian Navy.
According to the hacker group, the data on the Security Service employees was unveiled in response to the attack on the Crimean Bridge earlier this week, Sputnik reported.
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It is reported that the hackers also leaked data on members of the UA Cats Division, a volunteer organization that collects donations for sea drones for Ukraine, as it is speculated that the attack was carried out using these unmanned vehicles.
In further response to the attack, RaHDit unveiled the routes of civilian ships it is thought that the naval drones with explosives were launched from toward the bridge.
Two tankers, Beks Loyal and Khudayar Yusifzade, the hacker group said, could have partaken in the operation by dropping unmanned naval vessels to attack the bridge. One had drifted opposite the Russian coast in the Black Sea while the other drifted south days ahead of the attack.
The Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee said Monday that Kiev carried out a terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge using two underwater drones.
The Committee noted that the road part of the bridge was damaged, two adults were killed, and one child was injured.
Earlier, anonymous sources told AFP that Ukraine's domestic security agency and navy were behind Monday's attack that targeted the Crimean Bridge.
Suspilne and Ukrainska Pravda, both Ukrainian state broadcasters, also provided little specifics about an operation they alleged involved the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the navy, although Suspilne reported its sources as stating the bridge was struck using underwater drones.
Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson, said that the "Kiev terrorist regime is behind the attack on the Crimean Bridge," adding that the "decision to attack the Crimean Bridge was made by Ukrainian officials, military with the participation of US, UK special services."
