Exclusive: Hackers stole Russian prisoner database to avenge death of Navalny | CNN Politics
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Within hours of opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s death in February in a Russian prison, a group of anti-Kremlin hackers went looking for revenge.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    40·
    7 months ago

    The best part:

    In addition, the hackers used their access to the Russian prison system’s online commissary, where family members buy food for inmates, to change the prices of things like noodles and canned beef to one ruble, which is roughly $0.01, according to screenshots and videos of purchases from the online store posted by the hackers.

    Normally, those goods cost over $1.

    Sadly, it was rectified in a few hours, but I hope the prisoner database will at least help reveal all the political prisoners at the prison. It won’t free them, but maybe it will help turn more people against Putin.

    • HonkyTonkWoman@lemm.ee
      19·
      7 months ago

      Sounds like they got some of the discounts corrected within 24 hours, but other discounts remained for 3 days:

      And it would be three days before IT staff at the prison shop were able to fully shut down the hacker-provided discounts, according to the hacker’s account.