The data hijackers hope that someone can contact them and help them understand what happened to Navalny.
Following the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison, anti-Kremlin hackers stole a database containing information on hundreds of thousands of Russian prisoners. CNN reported this on Monday, April 1.
Hackers say they stole a Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) database containing information on about 800,000 Russian prisoners, their relatives and contacts, including data on prison inmates who died Navalny on February 16.
The data thieves said they were of various nationalities, including Russian immigrants and Ukrainians. They are sharing this data in the hope that someone can contact them and help them understand what happened to Navalny.
CNN’s review of the data found some duplicate entries in the database, but it still contains information on hundreds of thousands of people. CNN was able to match some names of prisoners in screenshots shared by hackers with people currently in a Russian prison, according to public records.
We remind you that on February 16, the Russian authorities announced the death of Navalny on the territory of a colony in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The medical report of death lists the cause of death as natural.
Navalny spent the last three years in prison. He was buried on March 1 at the Borisov Cemetery in Moscow.
Source: korrespondent
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