The document notes that Russians account for about one-fifth of global data breach victims. It also reports that Russian-associated accounts accessing and leaking sensitive information such as credit card numbers, phone data, and various passwords used by third parties rose to 11 percent.
Although correlation does not prove causation, the figures align with a broader pattern tied to Moscow’s actions toward a neighboring country. On February 25, shortly after the Kremlin began its campaign, the decentralized hacker collective Anonymous declared cyber war on Russia. This was followed by a wave of cyberattacks launched from machines around the world targeting Russian state infrastructure and its citizens. The trend has continued to accelerate, with March showing a 136 percent increase in breached accounts compared with February.
Anonymous later claimed responsibility for stealing up to 495,000 confidential emails from Technotec, a Russian firm that provides oil and gas field services to major players like Rosneft and Gazprom.
Today, Anonymous stated that it hacked 495,000 emails from Technotec, a Russian company supplying services to Rosneft and Gazprom Neft. Data availability was noted as coming from DDoSecrets as part of the ongoing operation against the Russian government. — Anonymous on social media
Rise of cyberattacks against Poland
Conversely, a Surfshark report indicates that private data leaks in Ukraine decreased by 67 percent in the first months of 2022. The country, under Russian military pressure, moved from the eighth most vulnerable globally at year-end to the fifteenth position.
Poland stands out, ranking third with 961,000 users affected by personal data theft in the period, representing a 514 percent rise year over year. The attacks largely involved phishing, with actors posing as legitimate banks or other trusted entities to trick victims into installing malware. The stolen data can then be used for extortion or other criminal purposes.
While the impact in some places has narrowed, the United States still remains a major target, with about 2.49 million affected users in the period. Spain sits at the sixteenth position, with data breaches affecting more than 187,000 internet users between January and March, reflecting a notable decline and suggesting that the country is not currently in the crosshairs of the Russian cyber-threat landscape that was anticipated in some analyses. (citation: Surfshark data, 2022)
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