Hackers played the USSR on the air of Inter. “Detector Media” reported this, posting a video recording of the broadcast.
This happened as Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security Council, was speaking on the “Unified Telethon”. Also, as reported by social media users, the anthem was played on the media group’s other channels: K2 and Zoom.
Inter’s press office informed “Detector Media” that Inter Media Group’s technical service had taken all the necessary measures to eliminate the threat of external interference in the operation of broadcast servers.
According to “Detector Media” sources, the attack occurred due to Inter’s servers having online access and due to a virus on the computer of the news outlet’s editor-in-chief.
Responding to a request for comment, the channel’s press office reported that the necessary measures to eliminate the threats had been taken, and added: “At the moment, law enforcers are investigating into interference with the Inter and Zoom broadcasts, therefore, Inter Media Group cannot reveal any additional information about the situation or comment on this topic in more detail.”
On February 23, 2023, several web resources of Ukrainian state and local authorities suffered a cyberattack which led to the content of several pages on these resources being edited. According to the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine, the incident did not lead to any significant disruption of the system’s performance and did not affect the performance of the state bodies.