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Hackers replaced Russian TV schedules during Putin's 'Victory Day' parade with an anti-war message saying the blood of Ukrainians is on Russians' hands
Monday marked Russia's annual Victory Day celebrations. The message told Russian viewers "TV and the authorities are lying" about the Ukraine war.www.yahoo.com
It seems some staff at a Russian media company also joined in the fun:
Earlier we reported on how the descriptions of television programmes on smart TVs in Russia had been hacked with an anti-war message.
It appears similar messages have been posted on the website of the pro-government Russian publication Lenta - but by two members of its staff.
According to independent news site Meduza, based in Latvia, there were about 20 different messages criticising the war or the Russian leadership on Lenta's website.
It says the slogans, which have since been deleted, included:
- "Vladimir Putin has turned into a pitiful dictator and paranoiac"
- "Russian authorities have banned journalists from talking about the negative"
- "Russia threatens to destroy the whole world"
- "War makes it easier to cover up economic failures"
- "Zelensky turned out to be cooler than Putin"
Meduza says they were all accompanied by the line: "Disclaimer: this material is not agreed with the leadership."
It says two employees of the pro-Kremlin publication took responsibility for the "performance", adding they were now outside Russia and had written that they would probably need jobs, lawyers and political asylum.