The Security Service of Ukraine prevented the attack of Russian special services on TV channels participating in the national telethon. As reported on the Facebook page of the Service, the Russians tried to hack into the electronic systems of Ukrainian channels before the Constitution Day of our country in order to use them for their own destructive information operations..

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Thus, enemy hackers wanted to gain access to a live video stream, to a live news feed, to individual computers of TV channel employees on which content is being processed.. Due to timely detection and actions taken, unauthorized actions were prevented.

At the same time, such attempts may be repeated, since cyber attacks are part of the targeted efforts of the Russian Federation to influence the Ukrainian information space, spread fakes and conduct a hybrid war..

Earlier, Google spokesman Jared Cohen said that Russian hackers and propagandists are using cyberattacks and disinformation to worsen the reputation of Ukrainians in the world, as well as block the work of websites of government agencies.. To do this, they use five main directions.