The Hackers Claim Leaked Rosstat hack is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Since the first thread appeared at Nov 7, 21:33 UTC, we have counted 3 threads about it in 3 communities, led by r/worldnews, r/technology and r/europe. That adds up to around 4.1K upvotes and 272 comments.
What the sources report
Here is how the outlets linked in these threads describe what happened, word for word.
- The Kyiv Independent: Hackers claim leaked Russian data reveals up to 450,000 war-related deaths in Ukraine
The groups said they obtained the records from Rosstat's internal Demography database, containing information from death certificates registered between February 2022 and August 2026.
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/worldnews | 1 | 1,839 | 105 | Nov 7, 21:33 UTC |
| r/technology | 1 | 1,639 | 108 | Nov 8, 12:32 UTC |
| r/europe | 1 | 612 | 59 | Nov 8, 12:35 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Hackers claim leaked Russian data reveals up to 450,000 war-related deaths in Ukrainer/worldnews · 1,839 upvotes · 105 comments · Nov 7, 21:33 UTC · The Kyiv Independent
- Hackers Claim Leaked Rosstat Records Reveal Up to 450,000 Russian War Deathsr/technology · 1,639 upvotes · 108 comments · Nov 8, 12:32 UTC · kyivpost.com
- Hackers Claim Leaked Rosstat Records Reveal Up to 450,000 Russian War Deathsr/europe · 612 upvotes · 59 comments · Nov 8, 12:35 UTC · kyivpost.com
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/worldnews: “Hackers claim leaked Russian data reveals up to 450,000 war-related deaths in Ukraine”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/worldnews (1,839 upvotes, 105 comments by our last count).
- The story reaches r/technology: “Hackers Claim Leaked Rosstat Records Reveal Up to 450,000 Russian War Deaths”
- The story reaches r/europe: “Hackers Claim Leaked Rosstat Records Reveal Up to 450,000 Russian War Deaths”
What people are asking
Questions from the most-upvoted comments in the biggest threads. They show what people still want to know; they are questions, not answers.
- “Is it going to take over one million or more deaths before something is done about it?” — asked in r/worldnews
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.