Pro-Ukrainian hacktivists target Russian TV broadcasts

On Sept. 11, pro-Ukrainian hackers took credit for breaching Russian TV channels and broadcasting anti-war messages comparing Russia’s attack on Ukraine to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York.

Members of a pro-Ukrainian hacktivist group called HDR0 said on Telegram that several Russian channels, including Channel One Russia, Russia-24, and Russia-1 were affected by the hack:

The hacked broadcast over the weekend showed footage of Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and excerpts from interviews with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other world leaders condemning Russia for the violence in Ukraine:

Once the world saw the face of terrorism but did not recognize its real owner. The world was looking for it in Afghanistan, Iraq… but the terrorist was initially located in Moscow.

In the same tim, reportedly, members of the notorious Conti ransomware operation have been implicated in five different campaigns targeting Ukraine from April to August.