March 4, 2024 at 10:46AM
The Ukrainian GUR claims to have breached the servers of the Russian Ministry of Defense, acquiring sensitive documents and identifying senior officials. The press release mentions specific data obtained, with four screenshots presented as evidence. The credibility of the screenshots is questioned by BleepingComputer, who is awaiting a response from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Based on the provided meeting notes, the key takeaways are:
– The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense claims to have breached the servers of the Russian Ministry of Defense (Minoborony) and stolen sensitive documents as part of a “special operation” carried out by GUR’s cyber-specialists.
– The obtained sensitive documents include software used by the Russian Ministry of Defense, an array of secret service documents, information on the system’s structure and senior officials, as well as documents belonging to the Russian Deputy Minister of Defense, Ivana Timur Vadimovich.
– The press release also implicates Vadimovich in the success of the cyber attack, although specific details on the operation are omitted.
– BleepingComputer has been unable to validate the authenticity of the screenshots provided as evidence of the breach and has reached out to the Russian Ministry of Defense for a statement, but has not received an immediate comment.
– GUR has previously claimed unconfirmed breaches into other Russian organizations, including the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, and the Russian Federal Taxation Service, but no such operational disruption claims have been made in the latest case against Moniborony.
These key points summarize the contents of the meeting notes.