Fake information about hacker attack on Ukraine's 24/7 newscast shared online

A fake image of a TV screen showing an alert regarding an Oreshnik missile strike on Ukraine has been shared on social media, but Ukraine’s 1+1 TV channel said that the national joint 24/7 newscast had not been hacked.

Source: Detector Media, a Ukrainian online publication about media, with reference to the 1+1 Media Facebook page and Yana Liakhovych, 1+1 Media Corporate Communications Director

Details: According to 1+1 Media, a report circulating online claims that Ukrainian TV channels had suffered a Russian hacker attack, with information regarding an alleged threat of a Russian Oreshnik missile strike replacing scheduled content.

Quote: "We draw your attention to the fact that information about the crash of the regular broadcasting schedule has not been confirmed so far; TV channels are operating as usual. We have not received complaints from providers or viewers."

Details: Yana Liakhovych, 1+1 Media Corporate Communications Director, said that it appears that Russia had shared fake information online in order to intimidate and destabilise the Ukrainian people.

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