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Cyber attack on Russian state television disrupts service

A cyberattack led to widespread disruptions at the Russian state-owned broadcaster VGTRK on Monday, according to media reports.

The online Russian newspaper Gazeta.Ru reported that a pro-Ukrainian hacker group named “sudo rm -RF” was responsible for the attack, citing Russian intelligence officials.

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Gazeta.Ru said that the attack affected the online broadcast of the programme, internal services and even the company’s internet and telephone connections.

The news channel Russia-24 was unavailable online on Monday morning.

Various reports said that the servers were out of action and that important information had been deleted. They also said that it will take a long time to restore the service.

State television has not yet commented on the reports.

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