{"id":125378,"date":"2025-02-07T17:25:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T14:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/125378\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"bielaruski-hajun-shuts-down-after-security-breach","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/125378\/","title":{"rendered":"Bie\u0142aruski Hajun shuts down after security breach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Project logo)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 7, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Bie\u0142aruski Hajun monitoring group has said on Telegram that it is shutting down after a chatbot data leak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, Telegram channels associated with security forces announced the detention of a Mazyr refinery worker for his alleged ties with Bie\u0142aruski Hajun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Data Intelligence Team identified the detainee as Maksim Nikicienka, a 42-year-old resident of Mazyr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe do not know what data could have been exported while an unauthorized account had access,\u201d the group\u2019s founder Anton Matolka said on February 5, admitting his security failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bie\u0142aruski Hajun was established in early 2022 to monitor the military activity of Russian troops in Belarus and help the Ukrainians assess threats. Russia launched a full-scale war on Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian authorities have accused Matolka of high treason, conspiracy to overthrow the government, extremism and 11 other crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo_2025-02-06_11-21-44-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo_2025-02-06_11-21-44-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo_2025-02-06_11-21-44-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo_2025-02-06_11-21-44-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo_2025-02-06_11-21-44-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo_2025-02-06_11-21-44.jpg 1227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">BySol: more people seek to flee Belarus after Bielaruski Hajun data breach<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 6, Pozirk. The BySol Solidarity Fund has received 50 requests from people seeking to flee Belarus after the data breach that affected the Bie\u0142aruski Hajun Telegram chatbot, BySol\u2019s Andrej Stry\u017eak said on Facebook. The chat is linked to an &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/125166\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Reprisals: data breach of opposition chat fuels evacuation requests<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Briefly: Five tried across Belarus for sharing opposition content Student given restricted freedom term over state symbols abuse High treason trial opens in Homiel Activist \u0160arenda-Panasiuk leaves Belarus Cichano\u016dski incommunicado for 700 days February 7, Pozirk. New cases of politically-motivated &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/125287\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/belaruski_hajun_logo_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Bie\u0142aruski Hajun reports data breach<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 5, Pozirk. Bie\u0142aruski Hajun, an opposition group monitoring military activity in Belarus, has reported a data breach. \u201cWe do not know what data could have been exported while an unauthorized account had access,&quot; the group\u2019s founder Anton Matolka has &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/125029\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 7, Pozirk. The Bie\u0142aruski Hajun monitoring group has said on Telegram that it is shutting down after a chatbot data leak. Yesterday, Telegram channels associated with security forces announced the detention of a Mazyr refinery worker for his alleged ties with Bie\u0142aruski Hajun. 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