Event 65d9155c-bef6-49bb-a5df-5a7da8ffd598

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Cyber Country: Latvia Country: Russia

Source: https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/09.05.2024-balticom...

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Event Time

1y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Balticom's TV channels temporarily hacked by Russian propaganda

Short Summary: Kremlin propaganda content temporarily broadcast on Balticom's TV channels after cyberattack.

Description

On April 17, songs and propaganda clips from Russian artists were played on the ?? Tet platform during a live broadcast of the Ukrainian channel Freedom for 20 minutes. Tet explained that this signal from Freedom was received from the satellite.

Evidence

Quotes

Due to a cyber attack, the Kremlin's propaganda content was temporarily seen on television channels broadcast by the communications operator Balticom, LETA reported May 9.

Balticom experienced a cyber attack this morning, resulting in the company losing control of television transmissions.

The cyber attack took place on a content delivery platform outside Latvia, and Balticom has retransmitted this content onwards.

The attack took place on a content delivery platform located outside Latvia and Balticom retransmitted this content.

"This is a continuation of a single short-term Russian propaganda stunt carried out on May 9, 2024, and has nothing to do with Latvian infrastructure, but is part of the Russian hybrid war, and such provocations are likely to continue in the future and must be taken seriously."

Source

https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/09.05.2024-balticoms-tv-channels-temporarily-hacked-by-russian-propaganda.a553409/