#Russian state TV channels have been hacked by #Anonymous

A number of important Russian websites have been hacked by hacker collective Anonymous. The front pages of the websites had been replaced with an anti-war message: "This is not our war, let's stop it!"

These include the Tass news agency, the daily Kommersant and the Russian edition of business magazine Forbes. The websites showed an anti-war message for a short time before the pages were taken offline.

## 'Stop this madness'
The message is an appeal to Russian citizens. "We urge you to stop this madness, do not send your sons and husbands to their deaths. Putin makes us lie and puts us in danger. We are isolated from the whole world, they no longer buy our oil and gas."

The post continues: "In a few years we will be living as people in North Korea. And why? To put Putin in the history books? This is not our war, let's stop it!" The message was written by "concerned journalists from Russia," Anonymous said.

In a tweet, Forbes admitted to having been hacked: "You may have come across a message on our website with the Anonymous logo. We are doing our best to fix the problem as soon as possible."

## Anonymous
Anonymous is an international group of hackers whose identities are unknown. They regularly carry out digital attacks on governments. In the past, for example, the hackers attacked China's systems and websites of Donald Trump were taken offline.

Last week Anonymous declared a "cyber war" against Russia. As a first move, a hacked database with alleged contact details of employees of the Russian defense ministry was put online. However, some of the information was outdated or incorrect.

Another target was the Russian state broadcaster RT, which was temporarily offline due to a DDoS attack by Anonymous. Anonymous also claims to have hacked into Russian state television channels and to play pro-Ukrainian videos, including footage of the invasion.