The work of a number of Ukrainian central and regional media sites has been interfered with, some of them have had russian flag and St. George’s ribbon posted.
The picture also shows the letters Z and V, which mark the military equipment of the armed forces of the russian federation involved in the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
In particular, the cyber attack on the site was reported on the Telegram channel Hromadske Radio.
“Right now Hromadske Radio website (hromadske.radio) has been hit by a cyber attack. Our tech support team is already working on this!” the statement reads.
Censor.Net and “Novosti Donbassa” sites were also hacked.
According to IMI regional representatives, the Kherson site MOST, Volyn sites Pershyy, Buh and Visnyk suffered the same problem.
In Zaporizhzhia, journalists from the “Zaporizhzhia Reporter” stated that the site had been hacked. At about 6 pm, when trying to access the main page of the site’s news, a tricolor and St. George’s ribbon appeared on the screen.
The site of the Independent Public Portal has been trageted in Khmelnytskyy region. The site is currently up and running.
The Odessa, sites “Odessa.Online” and “Bessarabia Inform” faced the same problem.
Poltava site “Kremenchuk Telegraph” reported that it is working to fix the problem.
“Novyny Poltavshchyny” reports that the site is temporarily down and is fixing this problem.
The Rivne website Rivne Media was also attacked by russians. The website of the Kolomyia TV channel NTK suffered the same interference. Subsequently, the site ntktv.ua was restored, but it is impossible to open any page.
Poltava city website 0532.ua was also attacked.
The reason for the attack
Head of Digital of Hromadske Radio Serhiy Omelchenko said that the reason for the hacking was an attempt at a mass unauthorized display of unacceptable advertising. The source of these shows is one of the most popular Redtram traffic exchange systems in Eastern Europe. Public radio removed the Redtram code from the site and restored access to it.