Ukrainian intelligence hacks Russian TV, exposing war footage from Ukraine

Ukrainian intelligence hackers targeted several TV channels in the Russian Federation, airing authentic videos of the ongoing war in Ukraine on Russian television.

RBC-Ukraine reports this with reference to sources in the special services.

According to Ukrainian intelligence sources in the media, the intelligence video was aired three times during prime time on the following TV channels:

• "Pervouralsk TV,"
• "Eurasia 360",
• "Eurasia. Channel One" and others.

Some of the attacked channels belong to the media holding of local oligarch Andrey Komarov.

Russian cyber security experts attempted to resolve the issue. Unfortunately, their actions resulted in the immediate suspension of nine Russian television channels, specifically "Eurasia 360", "Eurasia First Channel," "Pervouralsk TV," "Luhansk 24", "Perviy Respublikanskyi," "SpB," "Oplot," TV-3, and "First Russian."

Sources stress that this did not stop Ukrainian intelligence cyber experts from retaining access to the television companies' servers.

Therefore, several TV channels were forced to stop broadcasting for a long time after the attack. Public appeals to TV viewers evidence this.

As of the morning of August 22, only the Eurasia 360 TV channel and TV-3 partially resumed their work. Broadcasting of other channels remains blocked.

For reference:

Recently, Ukrainian intelligence conducted a significant cyber attack on Russian internet services. Cyber experts focused on attacking the Russian Federation's financial sector.

It is widely known that the attack lasted a week and targeted the leading Russian banks. Ukraine's intelligence also attacked Russian providers, national payment systems, social networks, messengers, government resources, and numerous other services.

Furthermore, Russia experienced issues with ATM functionality due to a widespread cyber attack initiated by the government.

In addition, the cyber experts from Ukraine's intelligence and the hacker group VO Team successfully turned off the provider "Vega" equipment in the Chelyabinsk region. This left the Russian company, which develops nuclear weapons, without access to the Internet and communication.