The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has declared hacker…
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has declared hacker groups Silent Crow and 'Cyberpartisans BY' to be extremist organizations. The court also banned their activities within the country.
Consensus
- The Russian Supreme Court declared the hacker groups Silent Crow and 'Cyberpartizans BY' extremist organizations on July 21, 2025.
- The court banned the activities of these groups within Russia.
- The decision was made based on a request from the Russian Prosecutor General's Office.
- Both groups are accused of conducting coordinated cyberattacks on information systems in Russia and Belarus.
- Silent Crow and 'Cyberpartizans BY' claimed responsibility for the 2025 disruption to Aeroflot’s IT infrastructure, which led to flight cancellations and delays.
- The court found that the groups aimed to destabilize political and social conditions with the goal of changing government power non-constitutionally.
Points of divergence
- Silent Crow claimed they were inside Aeroflot's network for about a year, accessed corporate databases, and destroyed part of its IT infrastructure; no independent confirmation was provided. — fontanka
- 'Cyberpartizans BY' is linked to the Belarusian informal organization 'Supratyv' (Resistance), whose goal is violent change of Belarus's constitutional order. — meduza
- Silent Crow and 'Cyberpartizans BY' destroyed approximately 7,000 physical and virtual servers at Aeroflot and obtained over 20 TB of data, including corporate email and internal documents; the attack was enabled by outdated Windows XP and Windows 2003 systems. — tg_astrapress
- 'Cyberpartizans BY' targeted the Main Radiofrequency Center (under Roskomnadzor), a manufacturer of surveillance equipment for security forces, and companies involved in circumventing sanctions. — mediazona
- Silent Crow claimed responsibility for leaking customer data from Rostelecom in January 2025. — tg_astrapress
- Silent Crow and 'Cyberpartizans BY' are said to have collaborated with the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ information-psychological operations unit. — vm
Coverage (11 sources)
- Supreme Court of the Russian Federation banned hacker groups 'Cyberpartisans BY' and Silent Crow — Коммерсантъ
- Hacker groups claiming to have breached 'Aeroflot' admitted to being extremist — Фонтанка
- Hacker groups 'Cyberpartisans BY' and Silent Crow recognized as extremist in Russia — Вечерняя Москва
- Russian Supreme Court Declares 'Cyberpartisans BY' and Silent Crow Hacking Groups Extremist Organizations; They Specifically Hacked Aeroflot — Meduza
- Russian Armed Forces Recognize Cyberpartizans and Silent Crow as Extremist Groups — Вести
- Supreme Court Recognizes Two Hacker Groups — Silent Crow and Belarusian 'Cyberpartisans' — as Extremist Organizations — Медиазона
- Russian Supreme Court deems hacker groups Silent Crow and 'Cyberpartisans BY' extremist — ASTRA
- Supreme Court of Russia declared cyber groups 'Cyberpartisans BY' and others extremist and banned their activities in the country — Varlamov News
- Supreme Court Bans Hacking Groups Silent Crow and 'Cyberpartisans BY' in Russia — SOTAvision
- Hacker groups 'Silent Crow' and 'Cyberpartisans BY' banned in Russia — Коммерсантъ
- Supreme Court of Russia Declares Cyberpartizans and Silent Crow Hacking Groups Extremist — ТАСС (Telegram)