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Almost half a million fallen? Hackers obtain data on Russian casualty figures in the war

Original in German: Fast eine halbe Million Gefallener? Hacker erbeuten Daten zu russischen Opferzahlen im Krieg

Told by 1 newspaper in one country, at 04:00 on 9 November 2026.

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In short

The Swiss paper Neue Zürcher Zeitung reports that hackers obtained data on Russian casualties in the war, which its headline puts at nearly half a million dead.1

AIMade at 04:46, only from the headlines. Each number links to the source headline. How it is made

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung · Switzerland · 04:35Fast eine halbe Million Gefallener? Hacker erbeuten Daten zu russischen Opferzahlen im KriegRead at the newspaper ↗