Maybe some cool story, but most likely something like bruteforced credentials, default password wherever they were storing the calls.

I think an inside job is more likely.

Some IT personel had clearly been running the system for years, and if they weren't bribed enough to lose their conscience, it's very likely that someone decided to fight the tyrants with the access they had instead. Sort of like Snowden.

If so I really hope they've left the country.

No inside help from the IT personnel of the hacked network. Though we mentioned in our first post https://t.me/cpartisans/235 that the hack included an infiltration to some gov facilities and opening a few entry points through which the cyber-operation is being performed.

you know that some users commenting and trolling here are KGB they are challenging for details hoping to identify the hackers :)

KGB writing on Hacker News... LOL, that would be the first :)

This really smells of an insider job to me