First Department
143 videos
19:41
Hacking iPhone Using Coruna and DarkSword
The leak of two advanced exploit kits for Apple devices — Coruna and DarkSword —...
2 months ago
18:40
Roskomnadzor Is Breaking the Internet. What’s Next?
Whitelist restrictions by Roskomnadzor are уже стали реальностью в ряде регионов и временно введены в...
2 months ago
17:57
Claude Code Leak: What the AI Source Code Reveals
Architectural features of the Claude Code programming agent, discovered following the leak of its source...
5 months ago
20:28
How Security Services “Protect” Hackers: A Look into Darknet Markets
How darknet marketplaces for malware operate and who stands behind them. We break down the...
2 months ago
21:19
Your Phone is LISTENING to You — Should You TURN IT OFF?
They say a smartphone can eavesdrop on you. You don’t need to call anyone or...
2 months ago
26:22
Is AI Making Us Dumber? The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence
Every day we rely more and more on artificial intelligence. Not only to find answers...
5 months ago
47:26
We Tested ALL Messengers. Here Are the Best Ones
Two years ago, we made a video about secure messengers that got nearly 400,000 views....
2 months ago
21:10
Russian Hackers HACKED the Head of the Bundestag
Russian hackers attacked German politicians and even managed to hack the Signal account of the...
3 months ago
17:59
Creating a Virus in Three Prompts Using Vibeware
The role of neural networks in creating, modifying, and distributing malware, along with the operating...
2 months ago
09:47
2025 in Review: Anyone Can Be Labeled a Spy
A review of 2025 for the human rights project Perviy Otdel (“First Department”) and for...
8 months ago
22:34
18,000 Glasses of Water and an SUV for 80 Rubles: How AI Agents Go Crazy
More and more people and companies are asking whether artificial intelligence can replace a human...
2 months ago
14:44
The Most Terrifying Shutdown. How Russia Helps Kill Protesters in Iran
At the end of last year, protests erupted in Iran: first demanding economic reforms, and...
6 months ago
21:32
Grok Against Everyone. The Wild AI That Undresses
Not long ago, deepfakes were easy to spot, and generative AI didn’t exist at all....
4 months ago
18:19
Has Google Won? What to Expect from the Willow Quantum Chip
Google researchers have made a major breakthrough: the new Willow quantum chip has achieved superiority...
8 months ago
23:24
AI Agents — A Security Nightmare? Understanding OpenClaw
What if the cute red lobster on your desktop could become a tool for hackers...
2 months ago
16:04
The Quietest Cyber Catastrophe of 2025
You might think you use only safe, licensed software and know exactly where it comes...
7 months ago
17:33
How Microsoft Will Force You to Abandon Windows 10
Windows 10 is officially becoming a thing of the past: security updates are ending, and...
7 months ago
16:35
New Roskomnadzor Rules: How Are We Supposed to Live?
“Roskomnadzor has received new powers and can now block EVEN MORE!” — headlines like these...
6 months ago
18:29
How Digital Racism Works
AI is increasingly being used for racial segregation and political control — from “smart” surveillance...
8 months ago
18:27
How Unrestricted AI Helps Criminals
Artificial intelligence has become a convenient tool for hackers and cybercriminals. We’re talking about “smart...
9 months ago
16:57
Hybrid Warfare 2.0
Drones of unknown origin have started appearing over European cities. Airports are being shut down,...
2 months ago
17:44
Who Needs the Darknet and How to Use It
Everyone from 8 months to 88 years old “knows” that the dark net is a...
6 months ago
29:28
We were attacked by Kremlin hackers. Let's respond.
Code red: Russian special services are massively attacking civil society. Hackers are trying to quietly...
11 months ago
11:41
Yandex has been added to the surveillance registry. Again
Over the course of this year, 9 Yandex services have been included in the register...
6 months ago
13:53
How russia today made the 4chan conspiracy theory a reality.
A Russian bot farm created by the FSB and Russia Today was active on Twitter,...
5 months ago
54:36
Gadget for Hacking Any Smartphone. Mobile Forensic Expert and UFED
Russian security forces can hack any phone and gain access to your correspondence using automated...
10 months ago
18:47
How to Protect Your Data | A Guide to Security Basics
In today's world, your data is the new oil, and cyberspace has become a battlefield....
11 months ago
10:50
How to Choose a VPN to Bypass Blockages and Encrypt Traffic
Russia has been censoring and blocking websites for a decade, and since the start of...
7 months ago
10:50
Cryptocurrencies: How to Survive without Banks Abroad and at Home
Cryptocurrencies are decentralized electronic money that, unlike fiat currencies, are not controlled by governments or...
7 months ago
17:37
You need anonymity online. And that's why
Anonymity on the Internet is not only a tool of hackers, but also a key...
7 months ago
19:22
The all-seeing eye? How surveillance and facial recognition works
In Moscow, surveillance cameras with a facial recognition system are widely used, actively used for...
5 months ago
17:06
The Cheburnet is coming! We tell you where Roskomnadzor came from.
Roskomnadzor blocked it - this wording has become the norm for the Russian Internet. About...
11 months ago
14:30
Without a face: why the state needs your biometrics
At the end of 2022, a law on biometric data was adopted in Russia, which...
11 months ago
12:33
New Pegasus attacks. Who was hacked this time?
The world's most famous spyware strikes again! Since the release of the previous "First Section"...
8 months ago
18:48
The truth about Roskomnadzor's secret department
Belarusian hackers have broken into the internal network of Roskomnadzor, revealing the Kremlin's plans for...
11 months ago
13:59
Get off the radar! How not to give away your location to anyone
Right now, anyone can find out where you are. Not just intelligence officers, but also...
11 months ago
12:15
Phishing attacks: how scammers get your data
Phishing is a common form of Internet fraud in which attackers pose as trusted sources...
8 months ago
12:33
Hiding data. The method of secret services. Steganography
You probably know that to protect sensitive data, you need to store it on an...
6 months ago
13:55
What is a bot farm and what do Ilon Musk and neural networks have to do with it?
Who are bots and trolls, what is the difference between them, and how bot farms...
11 months ago
10:25
Cheburnet by passport? Sovereign Internet Project
Russia is planning to implement a real Cheburnet, just like in North Korea — at...
7 months ago
20:14
Telegram meta-universe. How law enforcement agencies find you
Since Pavel Durov's arrest in Paris, Russian and foreign media have published numerous articles about...
8 months ago
14:44
How Rostelecom built a digital gulag.
Thanks to their work, you have internet at home, no matter where your home is...
11 months ago
12:56
Donate Safely! How Security Forces Track Crypto
Recently, the FSB announced that it had detained a Russian accused of treason for transferring...
2 months ago
11:23
How VKontakte is (still) jailing users
The social network VKontakte is a dangerous place. Careless words can lead to criminal charges,...
11 months ago
12:22
TOR BROWSER | The first step to true anonymity online
If you seriously need to hide your presence on the network, a regular VPN may...
11 months ago
11:00
Learn to encrypt your PC and smartphone in 11 minutes. Instruction for beginners
Is there a password on your device to log in? Don't rush to think that...
6 months ago
19:19
SECURE MESSENGER. The best programs for secret correspondence
In order for your correspondence not to be read by special services or other intruders,...
5 months ago
12:10
Cryptography. Debunking the myth of omnipotent intelligence services
"There's no point in defending yourself, the FSB has access to everything anyway" - these...
2 months ago
32:16
“Cards, Wagner, two computers": how a Kuban sysadmin outplayed the FSB (and didn't go to jail).
Russian hackers, PMC "Wagner", recruitment and change of state. All these topics are intertwined in...
11 months ago
14:33
Why do you need an anonymous phone number (and where to get it)?
Calling on a regular phone is a thing of the past! Today, a phone is...
5 months ago
18:37
The secret to advanced anonymity! Install Whonix
If you need anonymity on the network not for the sake of interest, but for...
9 months ago
17:11
Publishing anonymously! How to write about important things - and not give yourself away
There are a lot of taboo topics in Russia. War cannot be called war, corruption...
11 months ago
10:00
Dangerous comments! What, where and how to post on YouTube?
Is it possible to write these or other things in the comments? And in general,...
9 months ago
13:37
A strong password. Explained in 13 minutes and 37 seconds
Passwords - how to come up with them correctly and exactly how to use them....
6 months ago
09:37
Cameras with facial recognition now in every city
Total surveillance - in every city! The Ministry of Statistics wants to centralize many existing...
11 months ago
15:40
AI in the service of dictatorships. When to expect a machine uprising?
The European Union recently passed a law on the regulation of artificial intelligence — the...
11 months ago
10:48
How a “smart camera” almost put an innocent man in jail.
To penetrate the secrets of the past and solve old cases, Russian security forces decided...
11 months ago
17:55
Splinternet. How is the internet being divided and what can we do about it?
The global network has become such an integral part of our lives that we cannot...
11 months ago
16:06
Antiviruses. To install or not to install?
"The border is locked, but the enemy is already inside" - this is how one...
11 months ago
11:25
FSB-taxi: special services will trace your every trip
The FSB will be able to monitor your every taxi ride. According to the new...
8 months ago
11:36
Sovereign digital certificates. What is it and why?
Russian banks have begun to demand digital certificates from the Ministry of Digital Development, without...
8 months ago
11:50
Quantum computer will reveal ALL your secrets (one day)
In the next 10-15 years, we will experience a quantum revolution - no, not like...
8 months ago
12:34
The dangers of smart devices
If you sometimes feel like your TV is spying on you, or your smart fridge...
11 months ago
13:58
How do they calculate anonymous authors? Let's talk about stylometry
How to identify an anonymous author if they left no digital trace? You need to...
11 months ago
21:57
How can any phone be hacked? The elusive Pegasus.
Pegasus is the most famous hacker software in the world, which almost everyone has heard...
8 months ago
13:19
How are Telegram users de-anonymized? The Laplace demon.
It has long been known that Telegram users can be de-anonymized using leaked databases of...
11 months ago
14:37
Are neural networks starting to show character? AI preferences
It's time to uncover the secrets of the digital "soul" of artificial intelligence and answer...
8 months ago
13:04
Phishing: how scammers steal money and data
One of the most common cyber attacks is phishing. Attackers lure you to a fake...
11 months ago
15:07
Who ordered total surveillance? Rostec Corporation.
Rostec is known among the people for its constant advertising of “the most modern weapons,...
11 months ago
14:58
How do you know if your phone has been hacked?
Most of you store your most valuable data on your phone: correspondence, routes, payment information,...
7 months ago
11:59
Healthy hackers - why are they being banned?
There's a heated debate going on again in government: should we allow "white hat" hackers...
11 months ago
13:41
What is the danger of the Russian app store RuStore?
When you buy a phone, it already has many applications installed. Games, social networks, manufacturer's...
5 months ago
20:46
Deepfake is walking the planet! How AI is changing politics
Replacing voices and faces with AI is not a new thing and is loved by...
7 months ago
11:52
How your data is being sold. Protecting yourself from breaches
Your data is being traded on the Internet. Moreover, a criminal can buy not only...
5 months ago
18:16
We studied internet censorship around the world and here's what we realized
Internet censorship review from the First Department. Who, how and why is breaking our Internet?...
11 months ago
11:15
Hands off: how to withdraw consent to biometrics processing
Have you submitted your biometrics to your bank? In the near future, it will be...
11 months ago
13:18
Signal vs. Roskomnadzor. Getting around blocking
Roskomnadzor learned about the existence of secure messengers and decided to declare war on them....
6 months ago
16:42
Don't tell AI your secrets
Artificial intelligence is marching across the planet! Not a week goes by without the launch...
11 months ago
21:57
THIS IS A BASE. And it's leaked.
140 million — that's how many phone numbers of Russians leaked online in 2024. One...
11 months ago
23:19
Tails is ultimatum security on Snowden's orders
How to go online without leaving a trace? Is it possible to publish something while...
11 months ago
16:28
These apps will save you if the internet goes down | Shakedown, Part 2
The first part of the video about the shutdown told about the conditions under which...
11 months ago
17:30
The 5 rules of email security. Save yourself from being hacked
The British have a favorite dish - fish and chips, and the Kremlin hackers -...
2 months ago
25:04
DEGUGLIZATION. Replace services with more confidential ones
User data is a precious resource that all major IT companies dream of getting their...
11 months ago
17:37
Global surveillance system. Project ESHELON.
In the 1960s, the intelligence services of the five English-speaking NATO countries launched a joint...
11 months ago
37:55
How a programmer disrupted an FSB special operation and revealed their most important secret
FSB operatives made programmer Kirill Parubets an offer he couldn't refuse: put your friend in...
11 months ago
16:34
Blocking Calls in WhatsApp and Telegram: Causes, Consequences and Solutions
WhatsApp and Telegram calls have stopped working in Russia. The authorities justify this with “security...
8 months ago
30:44
Messenger for paranoid people. Customizing SimpleX Chat
This is a complete guide to using SimpleX Chat, one of the most secure messengers...
6 months ago
23:18
Harmful advice: watch this video and do the opposite
Today and only today you have a unique opportunity to refuse to protect your data...
11 months ago
26:58
Cyberattacks and negligence: lessons for millions of dollars
How to lose data through banal human negligence and carelessness? How to protect yourself? Why...
11 months ago
07:52
Why do intelligence agencies need spyware?
We are all being listened to by SORM, a system for intercepting phone calls and...
2 months ago
07:16
How to protect your privacy? Kirill Parubets, Mikhail Svetov
Programmer Kirill Parubets was forced to cooperate by the FSB, and the Monocle spyware was...
11 months ago
16:24
How the FSB recruits. The story of Kirill Parubets
Programmer Kirill Parubets was detained by the FSB and given an offer that is hard...
11 months ago
08:34
Spoiling FSB professional holiday (3 years in a row)
December 20 is “Chekist Day” in Russia, a professional holiday for the state security agencies....
8 months ago
26:58
Legendary hacker Kevin Mitnick
The story of Kevin Mitnick, one of the most famous hackers in history. He became...
6 months ago
36:32
How intelligence agencies control mass consciousness
Psyops. Active measures. Assistance operations. All these words are used to describe roughly the same...
8 months ago
14:58
Why doesn't Roskomnadzor notice drug shops?
Traders of prohibited goods on the darknet have long revealed the secrets of resisting censorship....
8 months ago
08:51
Secret archives of the secret services
The Russian state does not like to explain why it persecutes this or that person....
2 months ago
06:40
OPM and you: what's important to know
What do police officers do when they wiretap your phone, sit in your car outside...
11 months ago
06:25
Treason against the Motherland. From state secrets to SMS
Since 2014, FSB investigators have been increasingly registering citizens as traitors to the state, and...
11 months ago
12:28
Political Repression in the Soviet Union
After the Red Revolution, Russia regularly experienced waves of extermination of enemies of the state....
11 months ago
12:08
Political Investigation in the Russian Empire
In 1649, at the people's request, the government issued the Cathedral Code, the first Russian...
11 months ago
06:54
How social media changed protest
It is very difficult to imagine life without social networks. Through them we meet, communicate,...
11 months ago
08:20
The life (and death) of real spies
Russia is gripped by spy mania - the FSB is looking for secret agents of...
11 months ago
07:36
Big Laundry. The Art of Money Laundering
The term “money laundering” has been around for over 80 years, and there are countless...
11 months ago
10:05
Big Brother. History of surveillance
Holmes versus Moriarty. Bastrykin versus a magnifying glass. Aristotle versus a press with spikes. The...
8 months ago
11:30
THE HYDROGEN BOMB AND THE MEMORIAL. Academician Sakharov
Academician Sakharov is loved for different things: some know him as the creator of the...
6 months ago
13:56
Made in China: how China is exporting a digital dictatorship
Where did all these Chinese surveillance cameras come from? It’s simple: China is actively exporting...
11 months ago
19:33
The service of “bad Russians”. What Rossotrudnichestvo does
While the FSB, the Ministry of Defense, and Russian courts compete for the worst reputation,...
8 months ago
15:48
How Ekaterina Mizulina became an Internet celebrity
Little is usually known about the lives of children of officials. If something comes to...
11 months ago
13:48
WITNESSES OF THE USSR | Why don't they pay taxes, loans, don't recognize courts and what's wrong with it?
Did you know that Russia doesn't really exist? Yes, there is no such country on...
10 months ago
13:50
Without a license and a passport. Who are stateless people?
Can your Russian passport be taken away for an anti-war post on the Internet? According...
11 months ago
11:54
How the U.S. Ambassador Was Spied on for 7 Years with an Invisible Bug—and Its Surprising Link to Electronic Music
In 1945, Soviet spies scored a major victory over their American colleagues: they managed to...
5 months ago
31:10
ENIGMA. How the “invincible” cipher was cracked
How did Enigma work, why was it needed in the first place — and how...
11 months ago
43:56
25 Years of Fighting the FSB. Counterintelligence from the inside. Lawyer Ivan Pavlov
In the 2000s, they tried to kill him; in the 2010s, they planted bugs and...
11 months ago
21:00
Back to the USSR: FSB against the enemies of the people.
The concept of "Motherland" is nurtured in each of us from early childhood. To be...
11 months ago
13:20
Secrets of the FSB: Why do they hide archives?
The main Russian special service inherited the archives of the Cheka, NKVD and KGB -...
11 months ago
10:43
Why Piracy Is Bad For You, Not Just Developers
Russia is one of the world leaders… in the field of piracy. Only China is...
11 months ago
13:07
How China is spying on users around the world
"Chinese Big Brother" spies on people not only in China but also abroad. How Chinese...
11 months ago
13:39
JAIL FOR A GPS TRACKER?! Let's study spy gadgets
Did you know that Russian security forces can cause you problems because of a simple...
11 months ago
15:24
Complete internet blackout. What to do?
You use the internet every day — but what happens if the government pulls the...
11 months ago
22:07
How your smartphone keyboard is spying on you.
The virtual or on-screen keyboard on your phone knows too much about you. And in...
11 months ago
22:05
China is erasing its own and our memory. What happened in Tiananmen Square?
The massacre of protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989 is one of the most famous...
11 months ago
21:08
AI knows everything about you. And it doesn't like you.
Artificial intelligence, in addition to its positive applications in saving lives and creating content, is...
11 months ago
13:16
How Adult Sites Collect and Sell Your Data — and What to Do About It
An analysis of the investigation by Microsoft Research about how the industry entertains some —...
2 months ago
24:00
Hacked a bank = bought a rocket. How DPRK hackers work
North Korean hackers have become a state agency, generating revenue for the country, evading sanctions...
11 months ago
20:33
The most honest review of the MAX messenger
In this video, "The First Department" examines how secure the MAX messenger is. We find...
7 months ago
21:22
How hackers started a global cyber war
North Korean hackers steal billions via SWIFT and crypto. Chinese hackers attack big pharma and...
3 months ago
19:08
Surveillance of dissenters... IN EUROPE?
Pegasus spyware is usually discussed in the context of dictatorships: some autocrat is spying on...
11 months ago
20:39
How to Communicate Truly Securely
How decentralized messengers work and why no third party can access your conversations. In simple...
7 months ago
16:45
How Hackers Make Millions from Subscriptions
Today, cyberattacks can literally be bought by subscription. Ransomware is spreading through the RaaS model...
11 months ago
20:12
Why do ordinary people need cybersecurity?
Want to understand how to protect your data, why and from whom — and whether...
2 months ago
22:46
Everything You Wanted to Know About Starlink
This video covers everything you need to know about Starlink satellite internet: how Elon Musk's...
8 months ago
18:31
The free internet in Russia has come to an end
The free internet in Russia is dying right before our eyes. Once one of the...
11 months ago
38:47
Concentration camp in DNR, Ukrainian “spy”, Lamborghini for militants | The story of Alexander Marchenko.
Alexander Marchenko is a Ukrainian serving a sentence in Russia on trumped-up charges of espionage....
8 months ago
17:28
CENSORSHIP: from book burning to Roskomnadzor
There is one tradition: to burn archives and pretend that nothing happened before. It began...
11 months ago
29:55
E-mail is the middle ground between a safe and a dumpster. How to fix it?
Email is one of the oldest and most boring web technologies that most users prefer...
7 months ago
12:51
YouTube and Wikis will be blocked - but what will be left in return?
The Last of Us. Kings of the Hill. Veterans of the Resistance. YouTube and Wikipedia....
10 months ago
10:08
They will know about all your movements in Russia.
The Ministry of Transport is planning to increase the amount of surveillance in transport by...
11 months ago
14:03
Shutting down the Internet - when, how and for what? | Shakedown, Part 1
A complete shutdown of the Internet - what is it like? We are used to...
5 months ago
08:04
Bypassing blocking - banned content. Can we get out of this?
From March 1, 2024, Roskomnadzor will begin to block instructions for bypassing the blocks. In...
7 months ago
11:50
Why Discord isn't safe, even if you only need it for gaming
After our video about messengers, many of you asked: what is Discord dangerous, and why...
11 months ago
01:49:37
How the FSB Failed a Special Operation with an IT Specialist from Ukraine. Operation "Monocle"
The Role of Cyber Operations in Modern [Counter]Intelligence. The Ethical Dilemma of Maintaining a Balance...
3 months ago
12:20
Why are deepfakes dangerous?
Neural networks can generate photorealistic images, compose music, imitate voices, and even create videos. This...
3 months ago