Alexey Navalny is seen on a screen via a video link from the IK-3 penal colony above the Arctic Circle during a court hearing.
Alexey Navalny (pictured) attending a court hearing in January via video link from IK-3.
  • Anti-Putin hackers say they accessed a Russian prison network and stole data, CNN reported. 
  • The attack came soon after the death of Alexey Navalny was announced in February.
  • The hackers told the outlet they sought information that could help them find out what happened to Navalny.

Hackers accessed a computer network connected to Russia's prison system, posting a message in support of the late Alexey Navalny and claiming to have grabbed vast amounts of data, CNN reported.