Hackers Force Russian Government TV Station Off The Air
John Leyden writes in The Register:
Malicious hackers succeeded in forcing a Russian government-run TV station off the air on Monday just two days after its launch. Russia Today broadcasts in English and is designed to counterbalance what the Kremlin perceives is unfair treatment of Russia by foreign broadcasters.
Early reports on a new parliament in Chechnya and the Russian constitution last weekend were beset by technical glitches such as clips being played out of sequence and broadcast interruptions before the station was taken offline. "There was an attempt to hack into the computer system, viruses appeared and interfered with broadcasting," Margarita Simonyan, the channel's editor-in-chief, told Russian news agency Interfax.
It's unclear when normal service will resume.
posted by Fergie @ 12/13/2005 06:27:00 AM
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