Russian State TV Hacked: Millions Said 'Judgment Time Has Come' - in Ukrainian

Russian leader Vladimir Putin saw his public television station suffer a humiliating prime-time hack , during which millions of its people were warned that “the hour of reckoning has come”.

Cyberforces were able to hack into the network and spread the message through various broadcasters across Russia.

and included images of the country's military progress, before switching to an on-screen disclaimer" the hour the judgment has come” – in Ukrainian.

Other channels were hacked around the same time, while six TV workers Russian state officials had to be evacuated after an envelope containing white powder arrived at the station, raising fears of poisoning.

Russia was already hacked in June, when an alleged "deepfake" Putin appeared to say to his audience that he was imposing martial law in certain areas in response to a Ukrainian incursion.

At the time, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov admitted that "the emergency call" was a hack, and officials have promised it won't happen again.

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