A database containing details of more than 6,000 employees of the Russian company ‘Alabuga’ has been published online
A website called Open Alabuga has appeared online, on which the personal data of over six thousand people has been published. The site’s creators claim that all of these individuals work or have previously worked in the ‘Alabuga’ Special Economic Zone, where Russian military drones are assembled, reports NGE.
The Open Alabuga Telegram channel linked to the website was created on 8 July. Its creators state that the database contains information on people who worked on the modernisation and assembly of ‘Shahed’ drones, including those who undertook work placements or carried out support roles on the production line.
The channel’s post also states that “those involved in the production of ‘Geraniums’ are accomplices to international war crimes and will face just punishment”.
At the time of publication, the Russian authorities, law enforcement agencies and the management of ‘Alabuga’ had not commented on the disclosure of the database.
At the end of June, a report of a cyberattack had already appeared on Alabuga’s official website. At the time, unknown individuals claimed to have gained access to the staff database and supply chain data.
The statement claimed that the “Black Spark” group had allegedly infiltrated the production facilities for the “Geran-2” and “Geran-3” drones and had been operating within the system for several months. The perpetrators also claimed to have obtained a database of employees, information about their relatives, places of residence and supply chain logistics. Furthermore, they claimed to have left “hundreds of surprises” in consignments of drones.
The ‘Alabuga’ Special Economic Zone is located in the Yelabuga District of Tatarstan. Before the full-scale war began, it was developing as an industrial hub with foreign residents and its own educational project, but was subsequently reoriented towards fulfilling defence contracts.
Production of Shahed-type drones, known in Russia as the ‘Geran 2’, was set up within the ‘Alabuga’ zone. According to journalists and human rights activists, students from ‘Alabuga Polytechnic’ were enlisted to work on the production line.
