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Hacker attack disrupts Russian state media on Putin's birthday

By Dmitry Antonov and Andrew Osborn

Oct 9 2024 7:02AM

Country's main national TV stations targeted.

Hacker attack disrupts Russian state media on Putin's birthday

Russian state media company VGTRK, which owns and operates the country's main national TV stations, was targeted in a massive cyberattack that a Ukrainian government source said Kyiv's hackers had caused. The website of VGTRK, the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, was ...

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