Black Mirror hackers publish second part of Russia's Rostec archive, revealing cooperation with China on electronic warfare systems
8mon 10d ago by lemmy.sdf.org/u/Hotznplotzn in worldnews@lemmy.sdf.org from theins.ru
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On Oct. 8, the Black Mirror hacker group released the second part of an archive belonging to Russian state-owned defense corporation Rostec. This tranche contains more than 300 documents, including internal memos, contracts, and letters.
Most notably, a document addressed to Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov includes a proposal to establish contacts with “a group of companies from the People’s Republic of China” for the development, production, and supply of electronic warfare (EW) systems.
The document does not name specific companies, but it notes that the group includes a manufacturing enterprise, a logistics firm, an insurance company, and, most notably, a research institute that is involved in developing modern EW technologies.
According to a file that appears to be based on a request from the Russian Defense Ministry, Chinese-made systems were tested during the war in Ukraine. Chinese scientists were also tasked with developing systems capable of detecting drones operating on 4G mobile communication frequencies and countering Starlink systems.
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