Hackers from Ukraine's intelligence attacked Russian institutes that train occupiers

MDI specialists carried out a cyber strike on the network infrastructure of the North Caucasus Federal University, which trains drone operators, digital communication specialists, engineers, and physicists for Russia’s occupying army.

According to a source within MDI, the university supports the activities of several educational institutions across various regions of Russia, including seven institutes.

The attack targeted the internal information infrastructure of the facility, destroying enemy resources, including websites, databases, and file repositories, amounting to over 150 terabytes in total. Hackers attacked 11 websites, more than 7,000 service computers, 135 servers, and file storage systems. In addition, a series of cyberattacks were launched on several targeted internet resources and file repositories of enemy organizations.

After gaining access to the enemy's network infrastructure, a propaganda leaflet in support of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' offensive operations was published on the compromised web resources.

"The result of the operation was the weakening of the educational and scientific base of the aggressor country and its ability to further train military specialists by executing special intelligence tasks in cyberspace," the sources said.

Other MDI cyber operations

On the birthday of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, October 7, Ukrainian hackers carried out a massive cyberattack. They targeted Russia's most popular propaganda TV channels, including "Russia 1" and "Russia 24."

On the same day, hackers from MDI and cyber activists paralyzed the Russian judiciary system. Electronic services and other online services of Russian courts were temporarily taken offline.