Hackers accessed a computer network connected to Russia’s prison system, posting a message in support of the late Alexey Navalny and claiming to have grabbed vast amounts of data, CNN reported.
During the February attack — which came only hours after Navalny’s death in prison was announced — the hackers also appear to have adjusted the prison commissary’s price list, reducing items to a fraction of their normal value, the outlet reported.
According to a screenshot published by CNN, the hackers posted a message showing an image of Navalny onto the site, praising him and saying in Russian: “We, IT specialists, left today’s Russia,” the outlet’s translation said. “We love our country and will return when it is free from the Putin regime. And we’ll go till the end on this path.”
The hackers, who say they are Russian expats who oppose President Vladimir Putin’s rule, as well as Ukrainians, told the outlet they were sharing the data they had stolen “in the hope that somebody can contact them and help understand what happened to Navalny.”
They claimed that they had taken contact details of more than 800,000 prisoners, including those based at the Arctic penal colony where Navalny spent his last days, the outlet reported.
While accessing the prison computer system, they also appear to have adjusted its online commissary system, reducing products like noodles and canned goods to about a tenth of their normal price, CNN reported.
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