The disruption began on October 7, Russian President Vladimir Putins birthday.
On Monday Russian state-owned broadcaster VGTRKs website and digital streaming services went off the air.
The affected outlets included radio stations and TV channels such as Russia-1 and Russia-24.
A man looks over a television monitor at campaign headquarters for Russian President Vladimir Putin early March 18, 2024 in Moscow, Russia. Russian Putin won reelection in voting that ran March 15-17.© (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images
VGTRKtold Russian mediathat it had been attacked and was working around the clock to get services back online.
As of this writing, the websites for VGTRK are still unresponsive.
According to theWashington Post, state and local government-affiliated websites in Russia are also down.
Image via Telegram.
The Telegram channel for the court in the Vladimir region announced its websites were down for technical reasons.
Courts in the city of Ufa postponed hearings.
And courts in the Pskov region also announced they were delayed for technical reasons.
A group of hackers calling itself the BO Team celebrated the hack on Telegram.
Happy Birthday dickhead, BO Team posted, followed by four smiling poop emojis.
Kyiv has not claimed responsibility for the attack.
Russias invasion of Ukraine was marked by an increase in cyber war on both sides.
In 2015, Russia attacked Ukraines power grid with a Trojan virus called BlackEnergy.
It tried something similar on Christmas the following year.
Ukrainian-linked hackers have hit Russian TV stationsmultiple timeswith cyberattacks.
Picking Putins birthday to launch the attack is no coincidence.
Putins perceived enemies tend to go missing or die around October 7.
In 2006, famed Russian journalist Anna Politkovsk was assassinated in the elevator of her apartment.
Shed been a fierce critic of Putin.
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