Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, through its Main Intelligence Directorate, asserted that hacktivists supporting Ukraine successfully infiltrated the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, known as Planeta, and eradicated a substantial 2 petabytes of data.
Ukraine reported that cyber volunteers identified as the ‘BO Team’ successfully penetrated Planeta’s Far Eastern branch, the largest among the three. While the Ukrainian government does not explicitly claim responsibility for the attack, they assert that the hackers incapacitated 280 servers within the research centre, containing a colossal 2 petabytes of data (equivalent to 2000 terabytes).