🔧 Sabotage

Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) and the 'VО Team' hacker group conducted a cyberattack on Russia's 'Pravosudie' court system, paralyzing operations and accessing internal documents.

Russia
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Kyiv Post Ukrinform

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Cyber specialists from Ukraine's military intelligence and the 'VО Team' hacked Russia's state automated 'Pravosudie' system

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The attack paralyzed the work of Russian courts, departmental email systems, and official websites

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The attack was conducted on Vladimir Putin's 72nd birthday

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

A hacker team affiliated with the Defense Intelligence Directorate at Ukraine's Ministry of Defense (HUR MoD) "celebrated" Russian President Vladimir Putin's birthday by hacking the state automated system Pravosudie (Justice).

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Extracted: 2026-02-20T11:48:14.159Z

Source story: 40105