Inter Media Group says reports on Inter being hacked and streaming Moscow parade are false

Inter Media Group says that the reports claiming that the Inter TV satellite signal was hacked to stream the Moscow parade on May 9 are false. The Inter Media Group press office informed the Institute of Mass Information about this.

The media group said it was "outraged by some media outlets spreading unverified information."

"This is not true. We ask our colleagues to only use verified information," the message reads.

The media group notes that it received reports from the satellite operator SES ASTRA AB that broadcasting on the ASTRA-4A satellite was affected by a powerful external radio signal on May 9.

This resulted in the TV channels Inter, K1, Mega, NTN, Pixel TV and Enter-film experiencing a 17-second interruption in streaming from 11:09:48 to 11:10:05.

No effect was observed after that. No changes in the content of these channels were recorded, the media group said.

It also added that all ASTRA-4A spacecraft equipment and SES ground infrastructure were operational during these incidents and currently work as usual.

On May 9, Russian hackers targeted the StarLight Media channels, Suspilne, Dim, and Suspilne, jamming the signal and trying to replace the content with the stream of the Moscow parade. An attack on Inter was also reported. The Latvian Internet and TV provider Balticom was targeted as well.