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Cyber Partisans, a notorious Belarusian hacktivist group, is claiming an attack against its country’s largest state-owned university. This hacker group admitted that they have been trying to access the academic institution’s systems for over a couple of months after succeeding earlier this week.
Moreover, the group explained that they had consumed a significant enough time during infiltrating BSU’s network and establishing persistence. They assured everyone that their primary objective is to cause maximum damage to BSU now that they have successfully breached its systems.
The Cyber Partisans claimed to have acquired data from the BSU attack.
The Cyber Partisans hacktivist group claimed to have accessed about 3 TB of data from the Belarusian State University. In addition, they claim to have encrypted and wiped servers and computers. Additional reports also revealed that the group has shut down the domain controllers that manage the university’s user authentication and network security.
However, BSU denied any cyberattack claims and said the system’s temporary shutdown was due to a technical issue. Furthermore, the school claimed the hackers’ evidence, such as photos and screenshots, was fake.
Belarusian hacktivists said they would exchange stolen data to release 50 prisoners detained for opposing the government. The group emerged a couple of years ago after the massive anti-government protest in Belarus following an alleged rigged presidential election.
The group opposed the elected Belarusian President after winning a cheated election. Additionally, the Cyber Partisans say BSU students have been intimidated and expelled because of their political stand.
The hacktivist group explained that they had not planned to compromise the university but were upset by a leaked video of students participating in violence within BSU.
Lastly, the Cyber Partisans group explained that they successfully infiltrated the school’s systems by acquiring the password of one of a student who has higher-level privileges. Subsequently, they infiltrated BSU’s email and cloud services and all its websites, which enabled them to breach the servers and internal network.
The hacktivist group then retaliated against BSU’s denial by sharing additional screenshots from the university’s president’s email, including details from his bank account.
