Phones, addresses and food preferences of FSB and GRU officers leaked into the network.
Large-scale data leakage of the Yandex. Food “revealed addresses, phone numbers, names, as well as instructions for the delivery of Russian intelligence officers, according to The Verge, citing Bellingcat investigators.
The leak was first reported on March 1. The company said it was caused by “dishonest actions” by one of its employees, and that the leak did not contain the data needed to log in to the account. Roskomnadzor fined Yandex. Food “for 100 thousand rubles. According to Reuters, the leak affected 58 thousand users.
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Bellingcat researchers studied this data in search of people who may be of interest. Yes, they found the name of a man who had contacted the FSB to plan the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. According to investigators, the man used his work e-mail to register with the service, which allowed them to identify him.
Bellingcat also found the phone numbers of people linked to Russia's Central Intelligence Agency (GRU). . Investigators also found the name of one of them, Eugene, and were able to link him to the Russian Foreign Ministry and find the registration details of his car.
Bellingcat investigators were able to find interesting information using these addresses. A search of the GRU headquarters showed only four results – a potential indication that intelligence officers are not ordering food at the office or using delivery from nearby restaurants. A search of the FSB Special Operations Center near Moscow yielded 20 results. Several results contained interesting delivery instructions that warned drivers that the delivery address was a military base. The instructions were as follows: “Approach the three barriers near the blue booth and call. After the bus stops 110 until the end “,” Closed area. Climb the checkpoint. Call [number] 10 minutes before arrival. ”
Lyubov Sobol, an ally of Navalny, posted a tweet saying that the information contained information about the former mistress of Russian President Vladimir Putin and their probable” secret “daughter. According to her, due to the leak, information was found about the new apartment of Svetlana Krivonogykh, to which her daughter Lisa Rozova ordered food. They also made factory correspondence public.
