Hackers paralyzed Russia’s mobilization registry

​🚨 A massive cyberattack has crippled Mikord, the key developer behind Russia’s Unified Military Registry, wiping out over 40TB of infrastructure, including source code and backups.

​Investigative journalists have dubbed the system a "Digital GULAG." It aggregates 300+ data points on 25 million citizens—from health records to travel history. Once an electronic summons is issued, the conscript is instantly banned from leaving the country. Ignoring it leads to a total loss of rights: no driving, no loans, no property deals.

​At the FSB's request, developers built a secret "ghost mode" to untraceably delete data on officials, siloviki, and their relatives, exempting them from the draft.

​The breach was facilitated by sanctions (expired firewall licenses), outdated software, and negligence (staff sharing keys via messengers).

This time it wasn't Ukraine behind the hack, it was Russian hackers protesting against war and mobilization.

​While building this digital cage, Mikord’s CEO Ramil Gabdrakhmanov reportedly managed the project from Vienna, living in Europe to avoid mobilization himself.

​This breach has delayed the registry's full deployment by months, exposing how corruption and technical debt are undermining the Kremlin's digital war machine.