Russian TV has been hacked with the message ‘the blood of thousands of Ukrainians and hundreds of their children is on your hands’.
The hack came as Russians prepared to watch the annual Victory Day military parade on Red Square presided over by Vladimir Putin on Monday, May 9.
‘No to War’ message also was seen on the screen as well as ‘TV and the authorities lie’ as it appeared on schedules and programmes including children’s TV shows, affecting viewers across the country.
It impacted online viewers of various channels transmitted by MTS mobile operator, NTV Plus, Rostelecom, and Wink.
One parent in Tyumen, Siberia, said: ‘The [TV] provider “delighted” my child with such a message on children’s channels, and then it turned out that the same thing happened on the other channels.
The message appears in the description of any programme.’
The hack also hit Russian defence ministry channel TV Zvezda for viewers accessing via Yandex search engine.
‘A cyberattack was carried out on Russian TV broadcasting channels, because of which subscribers could have extremist inscriptions in the broadcast grid,’ said MTS in Siberia.
‘Now our IT specialists are promptly eliminating the consequences of the hack so that subscribers can receive services and watch TV programs and movies as quickly as possible.’
