The unidentified malicious actors have hit hard Russia again by leaking 1TB of sensitive data from a leading Russian law firm identified as Rustam Kurmaev and Partners (RKP Law). 

Rustam Kurmaev and Partners has been operating in Russia for over 20 years and represent around 500 clients, including the Volkswagen Group Russia, Toyota, Ikea, Jones Lang LaSalle, ChTPZ PJSC, Abbott Laboratories, Mechel PJSC, Panasonic, Baker Hughes, ING Bank, Yamaha Motor, Caterpillar, Mars, Gilette, VimpelCom, 2×2 Channel, Citibank, and Sberbank. 

The group of malicious actors resorted to their Twitter handles, @DepaixPorteur and @B00daMooda to announce the cyber attack. “We are Anonymous – We have hacked RKPLaw (rkplawru) and leaked 1TB of files, emails, court files, client files, backups, and more! They have a very large (220 clients) and an interesting client list which I will post in the comments,” the tweet read.

Following this attack, it is to be noticed that cyber threats against Russian establishments have become the new normal since the war between Russia and Ukraine. Since February 2022 cyber war against Russia was dubbed #OpRussia after the country invaded Ukrainian territories, referring it to “special military operation” to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. 

Also, @YourAnonNews, and @YourAnonTV, two of the largest social media representatives of the Anonymous movement also tweeted about the data leak: “Once again, #Anonymous delivers Many thanks to @DepaixPorteur, tweeted @YourAnonNews. Just In: #Anonymous released a terabyte of data and emails from Rustam Kurmaev and Partners (RKP Law), a Russian law firm that works with major banking, media, oil, and industrial firms and state interests, including American companies. #OpRussia,” said @YourAnonTV. 

According to DDoSecrets, this cyber attack could be devastating for the company considering that it specializes in resolving real estate, corporate, construction, and commercial sector disputes. Also, firms facilitate the criminal defense of business and create a systematic defense strategy for corporate managers and top management in various stages of criminal proceedings. Furthermore, the company deals in anti-corruption law as well.