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In February 2023 a data breach involving the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation was reported. The incident involved the exposure of a database containing sensitive employee information. The leak was attributed to a Ukrainian hacking group that gained unauthorized access to internal systems. The compromised data includes personal identification details and corporate credentials. Security researchers noted that passwords were stored as MD5 hashes with salt which are vulnerable to cracking. This breach represents a significant security failure for a federal government entity during a period of heightened cyber activity.