Rostat (which was recently hacked by hackers) spent 231 million rubles over three years on cyber security, according to "Important Stories" On November 1, the hacker groups Silent Crow and CyberPartisans announced that they hacked Rostat and stole tens of terabytes of data, including statistics on causes of death and data on occupied territories, which the Russian authorities do not publish. "Important Stories" examined Rosstat's government procurement and digitization programs and found out how much it spent on information security before the attack. how much do they spend Since 2024, Rostat has paid contractors under government contracts for information security 231 million rubles. This is the minimum estimate. In Rostat's digital transformation program, the amounts are smaller: 47.2 million rubles in 2024 and 24.6 million in 2025. At the same time, 101.5 million rubles were allocated for 2025, and 238.5 million rubles for 2026. For comparison: a company with 500-600 employees spends an average of 48-56 million rubles on information security. Rosstat employs about 17,000 people (data for 2020). Rostat's expenditures on information security are almost 20 times lower than Aeroflot's (858.8 million in 2024). But hackers broke into that too in the summer of 2025. Five security guards. Brostat's information security department consists of five people. The department planned to detect and prevent attacks without third-party organizations. Their area of ​​responsibility is extensive. Only the department's main system - GIS IVS - included five subsystems on 419 servers in 2024, and in 2026 nine additional subsystems began to be connected to it - up to 197 servers. The department also has a digital analytical platform, a closed circuit for access-restricted information and a document management system labeled "for official use". Hackers say they broke into 25,000 Rostat computers. Open data says that Rostat purchased protective equipment for 17 thousand computers. outsourcing. In the summer of 2026, Rosstat stopped monitoring attacks on its own.

Rostat (which was recently hacked by hackers) spent 231 million rubles over three years on cyber security, according to "Important Stories" On November 1, the hacker groups Silent Crow and CyberPartisans announced that they hacked Rostat and stole tens of terabytes of data, including statistics on causes of death and data on occupied territories, which the Russian authorities do not publish. "Important Stories" examined Rosstat's government procurement and digitization programs and found out how much it spent on information security before the attack. how much do they spend Since 2024, Rostat has paid contractors under government contracts for information security 231 million rubles. This is the minimum estimate. In Rostat's digital transformation program, the amounts are smaller: 47.2 million rubles in 2024 and 24.6 million in 2025. At the same time, 101.5 million rubles were allocated for 2025, and 238.5 million rubles for 2026. For comparison: a company with 500-600 employees spends an average of 48-56 million rubles on information security. Rosstat employs about 17,000 people (data for 2020). Rostat's expenditures on information security are almost 20 times lower than Aeroflot's (858.8 million in 2024). But hackers broke into that too in the summer of 2025. Five security guards. Brostat's information security department consists of five people. The department planned to detect and prevent attacks without third-party organizations. Their area of ​​responsibility is extensive. Only the department's main system - GIS IVS - included five subsystems on 419 servers in 2024, and in 2026 nine additional subsystems began to be connected to it - up to 197 servers. The department also has a digital analytical platform, a closed circuit for access-restricted information and a document management system labeled "for official use". Hackers say they broke into 25,000 Rostat computers. Open data says that Rostat purchased protective equipment for 17 thousand computers. outsourcing. In the summer of 2026, Rosstat stopped monitoring attacks on its own.