Russia blames hackers as commercial radio stations broadcast fake air strike warnings

Commercial radio stations across Russia on Wednesday morning broadcast warnings about air raids and missile strikes. The Ministry of Emergency Situations said the broadcasts were the “result of a hacker attack.”

Gazprom-Media, Russia’s largest media company and a subsidiary of the state-owned energy corporation Gazprom, said an “attack on the infrastructure of a satellite operator” was to blame and allowed the messages to be broadcast over multiple radio stations, according to the RIA Novosti news agency.

A statement from the …

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