Hackers infiltrate a Russian channel and cut off its coverage of the war.. video
Russian TV stations have been hacked as hackers replace news coverage with coverage that reflects a different view of the war.
The website "Radio Free Europe" said that the famous "Anonymous" group replaced the official Russian coverage with coverage of "Current Time" and "Dozd TV", which were banned by Russia because they do not present the official view on the war.
Broadcasting services Wink and Ivi, Rossiya-24, Channel One and Moscow-24 were among the services affected.
The "Anonymous" group published a video clip showing what appeared to be scenes from the ongoing war in Ukraine, before the broadcast was interrupted and other coverage appeared in which a person appeared and spoke directly to viewers.
The group said in a tweet that it was carrying out its "biggest operation ever" and expressed concern that governments would chase them when all they wanted was "peace".
And the "Radio Free Aruba" website said that the services that were affected have returned to broadcasting again.
This is not the first attack on Russian media after the war. Last week, the same group targeted several state media outlets, including the TASS news agency.
On February 26, the Kremlin's official website, government websites and state media were targeted.
Russian authorities intensified pressure on the media, ordering them to publish information only from official sources, and forbidding them to describe Russia's actions as an invasion or war.
Recent reports revealed a Russian campaign to spread misinformation under the pretext of "fact-checking".
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