Hackers breached Alabuga drone site and claim tampered drones will explode

Alabuga-Polytech College in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone, illustrative photo

Hackers say they accessed employee records and planted sabotage in recent drone batches. Official confirmation is still missing.

As The Insider notes.

On June 27, a breach notice appeared on the website of the «Alabuga» Special Economic Zone, located in Tatarstan, Russian Federation. An archived copy of the resource, which The Insider drew attention to, confirmed that the clandestine group “Black Spark” allegedly infiltrated the drone production facility. The message stated that for months they had been inside the system, during which they downloaded the database of all employees, their relatives, places of residence, supply chains, and more.

For several months we worked inside the system. During this time we downloaded the database of all employees, their relatives, places of residence, supply chains, and more

A similar message was also published in the Telegram channel “Black Spark”: supposedly while assembling the latest batches of drones we loaded surprises from Black Spark. If you try to launch these drones, they will explode, the post claims.

While assembling the latest batches of UAVs we loaded surprises from Black Spark. When attempting to launch these drones they will explode

– in the Black Spark Telegram channel

The hack of the «Alabuga» site was described as a response to the involvement of 15-year-old children in assembling deadly drones. Independent confirmation of these claims is not possible.

After the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in Tatarstan, production of Iranian strike drones “Shahed” was established, adopted by Russia’s armed forces under the name “Geranium-2.” It is also reported that students of the Alabuga Polytech College are being involved in assembling these unmanned aerial vehicles.

In the context of this material, official confirmations from authorities are currently absent, so the information should be treated with caution and await official .

In particular, the information points to a need for verification and thorough coverage of the events by official sources, since to date there is no independent confirmation of the data the breach and the involvement of the people involved in drone production.

In the future, it is important to expect official explanations and verified data that will confirm or refute these claims and the related facts drone production and possible involvement of minors in the production processes.

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