“These documents were transmitted in correspondence involving over 2,000 entities subordinate to the Ministry of Defense. Analysis of the intercepted data allowed us to identify many Russian generals, as well as other high-ranking representatives of the ministry,” as stated in the Ukrainian service’s statement published on Telegram.
“We possess documents belonging to the deputy head of the ministry, Timur Ivanov, for example,” it continued.
HUR declared that they gained access not only to substantive data but also to encryption and information flow security software, among others.
“Thanks to this operation, we will be able to establish the full structure of the Russian Ministry of Defense and its subordinate units,” added the military intelligence.
HUR’s actions in cyberspace, targeting Russian state institutions, have significantly intensified since February 2022, following the Kremlin’s launch of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
In August 2022, less than six months after the aggression, the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation reported that hackers controlled by authorities in Kyiv had attacked over 6,000 websites and online services in Russia, including government websites providing services to citizens.
