BySol reports soaring evacuation requests after opposition chat data breach

February 9, Pozirk. The BySol Solidarity Fund has received 150 requests from people seeking to flee Belarus in the four days since the data breach that affected the Biełaruski Hajun Telegram chatbot, BySol’s Andrej Stryžak said on Facebook.
The chat linked to an opposition defense monitoring group shut down two days ago after its founder Anton Matolka confirmed that an unauthorized account had access and could have exported data.
People who shared information with the group may face politically-motivated persecution in Belarus. Belarusian border guards stepped up controls at the border in an apparent attempt to identify them, Stryžak warned earlier.
Pro-government sources reported the arrest of Maksim Nikicienka, an employee at the Homiel region’s Mazyr oil refinery, for allegedly sharing information with Biełaruski Hajun.
Established in early 2022, Biełaruski Hajun documented the military activity of Russian troops in Belarus and helped the Ukrainians assess threats after Russia launched a full-scale war on their country in February 2022.
Biełaruski Hajun shuts down after security breach
- PoliticsSeats on opposition Coordination Council up for grabsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsBelarus’ foreign minister meets with officials in OmanThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsBelarus bans content of defunct VoA Russian service for distributionThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsInformation ministry suspends Belarusian-language publisher's distribution licenseThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsŁatuška meets with Council of Europe officials to share evidence of alleged Łukasenka crimesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityDefense minister: NATO continues preparing for warThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityLatvian intelligence estimates Belarus’ army strength at 50,000The material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityLithuania reports surge in irregular border crossing attemptsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SocietyUpper house approves fines for propaganda of homosexualityThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- Politics
- Politics, SocietyLithuania suspects dozens of facilitating cigarette smuggling from BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SocietyLithuania’s president lists conditions for engagement with MinskThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecuritySweden's army commander inspects defenses at Lithuanian-Belarusian borderThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- EconomyRubel drops 3.2 percent against US dollar at cash exchange offices in MarchThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Security
- PoliticsCichanoŭskaja’s aide meets special envoy Coale in WashingtonThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy, PoliticsGeologist skeptical of Łukašenka’s expectations for discovery of new oil depositsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityBelarus opens another patrol station on its border with UkraineThe material is available only to POZIRK+



