TV channels and streaming services to broadcast harrowing footage from the war in Ukraine.The hackers previously declared a "cyber war" against Vladimir Putin's country when his forces first crossed the Ukrainian border.
Taking to Twitter yesterday evening they posted footage of the alleged attack on Russian TV, alongside a caption which read: "The hacking collective #Anonymous today hacked into the Russian streaming services Wink and Ivi (like Netflix) and live TV channels Russia 24, Channel One, Moscow 24 to broadcast war footage from #Ukraine. #TangoDown #OpRussia."The clip onscreen showed the skyline of a Ukrainian town gripped by war before cutting to a man filming an unexploded Russian missile sticking out of a road.
An anti-war message then popped up claiming that "ordinary Russians are against the war". Shortly after the first update another Anonymous account tweeted claiming that "all Russian-state TV channels have been hacked" with more photos of onscreen messages.
TV channels aren't Anonymous' first victim in the "cyber war" against Putin, whose government is understood to be trying to keep most information about the Ukraine invasion from Russian citizens.
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