Belarusian Police

The organisation, known under various designations including Belarusian Police and Secret Police, functions as a law enforcement body within Belarus. Its operational scope encompasses domestic security responsibilities, evidenced by its documented role in responding to nationwide protests and unrest. The structure involves multiple departments and employs a significant number of high-ranking officers, as indicated by the scale of a data breach affecting over 1,000 such personnel. This entity operates under the oversight of the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs, which publicly acknowledged an intrusion into its systems and vowed legal action against perpetrators.

Cybersecurity incidents have prominently exposed vulnerabilities within the organisation. In September 2020, hackers successfully exfiltrated and publicly disseminated highly sensitive personal data belonging to numerous senior officers, including names, dates of birth, positions, and departmental affiliations. The attackers explicitly linked this leak to ongoing violent crackdowns on protesters, threatening further releases if such actions persisted. Concurrently, the Ministry of Internal Affairs website suffered a disabling distributed denial-of-service attack. A subsequent incident in August 2021 involved Belarusian hackers releasing additional stolen data reportedly originating from the government's secret police apparatus. These breaches highlight significant security challenges faced by the organisation amidst periods of political tension and unrest.