CikLeak claims breach of Russia's Central Election Commission + GAS Vybory 2.0 (Sept 2026)

On 16 Sep 2026, a group calling itself CikLeak claimed it breached Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC) and its contractors - reportedly obtaining classified documents, server configurations, passwords, source code, meeting recordings, and employee chats. Among the contractors it names is the developer of GAS Vybory 2.0, Russia's new election system slated for first use in the upcoming State Duma elections.

The hackers also published an interactive "game" using what they say are the system's real interfaces, in which the player is an election official who changes the results, and called on commission members to report fraud to them. They say they did not interfere with voting. Ironically, CEC head Ella Pamfilova had said in August 2026 that the system was "impossible to hack."

Honest grading

This is a hacktivist CLAIM - reported / UNVERIFIED:

• Russia's CEC had not confirmed any breach at report time.
• The only public material is the hackers' own screenshots + the "game" - self-supplied, not independently authenticated.
• The mockery + the "impossible to hack" irony are documented from the post; the actual breach scope is unverified, and CikLeak's affiliation + motive are graded (it presents as anti-Kremlin, election-integrity-focused, consistent with the wartime anti-Russia hacktivist milieu - IT Army of Ukraine, Anonymous, Cyber Partisans - but with no confirmed tie).
• The election-integrity implication is serious if true, but must not be stated as established fact.

Source: @IntCyberDigest (International Cyber Digest), 16 Sep 2026, relaying the CikLeak claim. Cross-refs: Russia, Russian_Intel, IT_Army_Ukraine, Anonymous, Killnet.

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