Russian radio frequency interference disrupted European satellite broadcasts, including replacing Disney's BabyTV channel with Russian war videos from March to May 2024.

Cyber & Information WarfareCyber AttacksHacking, malware, ransomware

Aggressor

Summary

From mid-March to at least the end of May 2024, European satellite broadcasts operated by French company Eutelsat SA experienced deliberate radio frequency interference originating from large earth stations in Russia. The interference notably replaced the programming on Walt Disney Co.'s BabyTV children's channel with violent Russian war videos on two occasions—March 28 and April 17—which led Dutch cable operator Ziggo to remove BabyTV temporarily until early May. Similar interference affecting satellites from Sweden, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg was reported, with uplink transmissions traced to Moscow, Kaliningrad, and Crimea. France's Agence Nationale des Frequences officially complained to Russian counterparts and the Radio Regulations Board, an international telecommunications watchdog in Geneva, which is to discuss these issues from June 24-28. These disruptions are part of broader Russian attempts to interfere with European communications amid the invasion of Ukraine, including previous GPS jamming accusations by Estonia and Finland.

Classification

Confidence: High

The event clearly describes deliberate disruptive actions originating from Russian territory targeting European satellite broadcasts, including hostile signal interference and wartime propaganda broadcast disruption.

Source URL

https://archive.ph/2eEto

Open source

Provenance

Publisher: csv-import
Submitted: Feb 14, 2026, 12:22 UTC
Last updated: Nov 4, 2026, 08:35 UTC
Event time: Mar 28, 2024, 00:00 UTC

Published as a hybrid-warfare signal with a public source and reviewer-approved assessment bands. See the methodology for how records are assessed.

Raw record

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  "event_time_utc": "2024-03-28T00:00:00.000Z",
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Public assessmentReliability: StrongSeverity: ModerateAttribution: HighSingle sourceTime: Same dayLocation: Regional

Source reliability

Info credibility

Event time

Mar 28, 2024, 00:00 UTC

End time

May 31, 2024, 23:59 UTC

Event time confidence

pm24h

Location

France

Primary actor

Russia's large earth stations

Country

France

Tags

Russian interference, satellite jamming, radio frequency interference, cyber attack, information operations, Eutelsat, Disney BabyTV, GPS jamming, russia–ukraine war

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