Hackers Claim Breach of 'Alabuga' Special Economic Zone Website

Hackers Claim Breach of ‘Alabuga’ Special Economic Zone Website Hacktivists say they’ve slipped inside one of Russia’s key drone hubs — and left booby traps behind. Officials at Alabuga, the special economic zone that turned itself into a Shahed‑style drone factory, are silent, leaving a vacuum opponents are racing to fill.

What the underground claims

Opposition outlets report that a message briefly appeared on Alabuga’s official site announcing a breach of its “internal infrastructure.” Underground activists from the group calling itself Chornaya/Chernaya Iskra claimed they had “downloaded the entire database” of employees and supply chains. Another outlet summarized the same message: unknown hackers said they had obtained an “employee database and supply chains.”

According to The Insider’s account of the hacked statement, the group boasted of having “infiltrated the UAV production facility” for months and downloading data on “all employees, their relatives, places of residence, supply chains, and more,” while allegedly planting “hundreds of surprises in fresh batches of ‘Geraniums’” — a threat that drones could explode during launch prep.

Opposition media’s framing

For opposition media, the incident is a prism on Alabuga’s militarization. The Insider stresses that the SEZ once courted foreign investors and ran the “Alabuga Polytechnic” project, but now hosts production of Shahed‑type Geran‑2 attack drones used against Ukraine. It highlights claims that students, including 15‑year‑olds, were pulled into assembling “lethal drones,” and presents the hack as a moral backlash to that mobilization.

Novaya Gazeta Europe echoes the core allegations — infiltration of Geran‑2 and Geran‑3 production and access to personal and logistics data — but keeps a cooler distance, underscoring that the claims remain unverified and that Alabuga has issued no public response.

The silence from Alabuga

Here, all perspectives converge: none reports any comment from Alabuga’s management or Russian authorities, and the hacked message has vanished as the site “is currently working correctly.” For now, the only battle on display is informational — between dramatic underground boasts, skeptical journalistic caveats, and official silence.