Belarusian hackers are turning the country's surveillance state against it

Hacking for a good purpose? Hacking to reveal the truth! Not all hacking is nefarious or criminal! When hacking possibly brings down a long time repressive dictator!

Will Russian hackers be inspired to do the same to Putin the Terrible?

Will this be a turning point in the history of dictatorships? Will hacking or other truth revealing techniques shorten the life of dictatorships? Hope so!
Sic semper tyrannis!

"Since becoming president of Belarus in 1994, Alexander Lukashenko has built Europe’s most repressive police state and ruthlessly used his power to stay in office as a dictator. 

Now hackers are trying to turn the extensive surveillance state against Lukashenko to end his reign—and to do it, they claim to have pulled off one of the most comprehensive hacks of a country in history.

The hackers, known as the Belarus Cyber Partisans, have been regularly leaking information they say has been obtained by breaching dozens of sensitive police and government databases. So far they have published what they say is evidence of crimes by police, information showing that the regime covered up the country’s true covid-19 mortality rate, and recordings of illegal orders to violently crack down on peaceful protests. The partisans also say that they have successfully hacked almost every part of the Lukashenko administration and that the information released so far is just a fraction of the data they have. ..."

"... Opponents of the Belarus government said they have pulled off an audacious hack that has compromised dozens of police and interior ministry databases as part of a broad effort to overthrow President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime.

The Belarusian Cyber Partisans, as the hackers call themselves, have in recent weeks released portions of a huge data trove they say includes some of the country’s most secret police and government databases. The information contains lists of alleged police informants, personal information about top government officials and spies, video footage gathered from police drones and detention centers and secret recordings of phone calls from a government wiretapping system ..."

Belarusian hackers are turning the country's surveillance state against it | MIT Technology Review Opposition from inside the regime of Alexander Lukashenko is helping hackers run what may be the most comprehensive cyberattack on a nation ever.

Hackers Release Data Trove From Belarus in Bid to Overthrow Lukashenko  Regime Pilfered data includes lists of alleged police informants and information on government spies.