Russian TV, online platforms hacked with anti-war message on Victory Day
Source: WA Post
RIGA, Latvia Russians using smart TVs reported seeing something atypical: A message appeared instead of the usual listing of channels. The blood of thousands of Ukrainians and hundreds of murdered children is on your hands, read the message that took over their screens. TV and the authorities are lying. No to war.
The apparent hack, targeting ordinary Russians sitting by their televisions or looking things up on their search engines, broke through the pro-Moscow messaging Monday as Russia celebrated Victory Day, a commemoration of the Soviet Unions role in defeating Nazi Germany in World War II.
As Russia intensified its attacks in Ukraines south and east, thousands of Russian troops assembled in Moscows Red Square for a military parade. Addressing them, President Vladimir Putin gave a speech doubling down on his invasion of Ukraine and accusing NATO and Western countries, without evidence, of provoking Russia.
The antiwar message that appeared on the screens of Russian smart TVs also appeared on the platforms of Yandex, Russias IT giant. Like Google, it combines many products under one umbrella, including a search engine and a service providing TV programming schedules. On that page, the daily programs for state-run Channel One and Russia-1 were also defaced early Monday.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/09/russia-tv-hack-victory-day-ukraine-war/
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IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)That's something Russian people should think about this victory day.
Ukraine might establish their own holiday when this war ends while the world helps them rebuild.
Evolve Dammit
(16,733 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,820 posts)playing "our hackers are leagues worse than your hackers"
Paper Roses
(7,473 posts)BumRushDaShow
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Bayard
(22,073 posts)I grinned through the whole thing! I hope Putin's henchmen don't find these brave hackers.