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Ukrainian hackers claim to have destroyed servers of Russian drone maker


A coalition of Ukrainian hackers breached and wiped systems belonging to Gaskar Group, a Moscow-based drone maker.

The three groups, according to a machine translation of the announcement, “carried out large-scale work to seize the entire network and server infrastructure of the Gaskar Group, collect valuable information about existing and promising [unmanned aerial vehicles], followed by the destruction of information and the disabling of this infrastructure.” The hacktivists added that they stole the personal data of Gaskar Group employees, including their home addresses and family information, during the breach. Gaskar Group did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent to its official Telegram phone number.

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