NB65, a hacking group affiliated with the Anonymous collective, has allegedly breached the servers of the Russian government-controlled television and radio broadcasting company. According to social media reports, the hackers are preparing to release hundreds of gigabytes of appropriated data.
Russia’s Radio and TV Broadcaster Targeted by Anonymous
The All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) has been reportedly hacked by NB65, a group linked to Anonymous, the international hacktivist collective which declared cyberwar on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
Anonymous TV (@YourAnonTV), a Twitter account associated with the decentralized movement, broke the news on the microblogging network this week. According to its post, the hackers are going to publish almost 900 GB of leaked data on the internet.
JUST IN: Hacking group ‘NB65’ (@xxNB65), affiliated with #Anonymous has hacked and breached the VGTRK (All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company). Total data being prepared for release is 870GB. #DDoSecrets will release it in the near future. #OpRussia #FCKPTN pic.twitter.com/W2sTvoVQG9
— Anonymous TV 🇺🇦 (@YourAnonTV) March 27, 2022
VGTRK, also referred to as Russian Television and Radio, is Russia’s largest media corporation which manages dozens of national and regional TV and radio stations as well as online outlets in Russian and other languages.
Under the company’s umbrella are the national television channels “Rossiya 1” and “Rossiya K,” the country’s first 24/7 news channel “Rossiya 24,” the sports and entertainment “Rossiya 2,” and the international service “RTR Planeta.”
Anonymous reports that they managed to hack server of the VGTRK (#Russian TV and Radio Company), whose main asset is the Russia-1 channel
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