Several "
false
" anti-aircraft alerts were broadcast on Russian radio and television channels that had been "
hacked
", authorities said on Tuesday, amid fears of Ukrainian attacks.
“
Information signaling the triggering of an anti-aircraft alert was broadcast on the air in certain regions of the country following the hacking of the servers of radios and television channels
”, announced the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.
"
This information is false, it does not correspond to reality
," he said in a statement.
According to the Russian media, these false alerts were notably broadcast in the regions of Belgorod and Voronezh, bordering Ukraine, as well as in those of Moscow and Saint Petersburg (north-west) and in the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia.
Previous hacks
A similar cyberattack, which resulted in several false anti-aircraft warnings being broadcast across Russia, already happened last week, the Emergencies Ministry pointed out.
Each time, according to Russian news agencies, these hacks only affected private radio and television stations whose transmitters were briefly dominated by a stronger signal.
These incidents come shortly after the first anniversary of the launch, on February 24, 2022, of the Russian offensive in Ukraine.
Localities and infrastructure in the Russian regions bordering Ukraine have repeatedly suffered strikes, in particular from drones, often fatal, attributed by Moscow to the Ukrainian army.