GUR hacked Russian TV channels’ servers and showed the truth about the war in Ukraine (video)

As a result of a hacker attack, broadcasts of nine Russian TV channels were stopped.

Cyber specialists from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine carried out an attack on the servers of Russian TV channels, as a result of which objective videos about the war in Ukraine were shown on air by a number of TV companies.

An informed source in Ukrainian intelligence reported this to UNIAN. He noted that the video from the GUR was shown three times in prime time on TV channels, in particular, Pervouralsk TV, Eurasia 360, Eurasia. Channel One, some of which are part of the media holding of Russian oligarch Andrei Komarov.

“Russian cybersecurity specialists tried to correct the situation, but as a result of their actions, the broadcast of nine Russian TV channels was stopped: Eurasia 360, Eurasia Channel One, Pervouralsk TV, Lugansk 24, First Republican, SpB, Oplot, TV-3 and First Russian. At the same time, these countermeasures could not prevent the cyber specialists of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense from maintaining access to the servers of the TV companies,” the source said.

He added that, for this reason, a number of TV channels were forced to stop broadcasting for a long time after the attack, as evidenced by public appeals to TV viewers.

GUR hacked servers of Russian TV channels / screenshot

The source noted that as of the morning of August 22, only the Eurasia 360 TV channel and TV-3 had partially resumed their work, while the broadcasting of others remains blocked.