In Russia, ordering meals is as popular as it is in the United States. Yandex Food's data breach now has unexpected effects there.
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A simple phone call or online form, and the lunch delivery guy is on his way. It's not necessary to go into great detail about the allure of meal delivery. Even members of the Secret Service like the convenience of having their packages delivered directly to their work location. Although the exact secret address has been revealed.
Investigation site "Bellingcat" has released a report on this. Yandex Food, a Russian delivery business, was the source of a data breach in early March, which was discovered by a former employee. With all of this information, the journalists also uncovered a lot of things they shouldn't have known.
Data from 58,000 phone numbers, emails, and names was compared to secret service data that had previously been leaked, such as the identities of personnel. Deliveries that were intended for the Russian GRU or FSB were immediately tracked down.
For example, they were searching for Alexei Navalny's phone number, which was related to his poisoning. At the time of the poisoning and again the next morning, the individual had had two separate encounters with the agents. They were able to give the number a name thanks to the Yandex data. The person's work email address had been used to establish their account, thus it was easy to identify them as an FSB employee.
Even well-known persons may supply useful knowledge. even if they are famous. Evgeny had already been identified as a GRU contact person, and he is also said to have attended the secret service school. 'Evgeny's' With the help of the data, it was now clear that he had also made orders at a Russian consulate. In addition, a vehicle registered to him was found in Kyiv in 2019 and may be recognised.
Hidden military locations
When it comes to military and secret service places that aren't widely recognised, the thrill is nearly as great! When "Bellingcat" examined the delivery details of items sent to the FSB headquarters, the information showed that the facility was a military installation, necessitating particular instructions for the couriers. Some examples include announcing their presence at obstacles in advance or following convoluted instructions to obscured doorways, which might be difficult to find.
There were several dozen addresses in the database that had been deliberately searched for "military" by journalists. Secret service sites have been discovered in areas that were previously unknown to the public.
Putin's daughter is revealed
The leak is a direct result of a Russian legislation, ironically. Russia's Internet service providers (ISPs) have been mandated since 2016 to store extensive records about their users. Of course, this applies to Yandex Food, one of Yandex's businesses, as well. "Bellingcat" was overjoyed to reveal that the data, originally meant for the security services, will now be used against them.
A personal detail will certainly irritate Vladimir Putin the most. Navalny's ex-girlfriend Svetlana Krivonogikh and their daughter, who has been kept a secret for years, are among the addresses leaked in the leak, according to Russian lawmaker Lyubov Sobol of Navalny's camp. According to Sobol, "That's where Luisa Rosowa orders her meals from. Despite the fact that the mother is a housekeeper, she and her daughter are having an enjoyable time. Sobol estimates that the 400-square-meter residence is worth 170 million rubles. This amounts to almost $1.8 million.