Hackers Hit a Televised Phone-in between President Putin and Citizens at a TV Show

A massive cyber attack attempted to disrupt a televised phone-in between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Rossiya 24 network. Hackers launched a massive cyberattack against the state-broadcast Rossiya 24 network while transmitting a show in which President Putin was answering in real-time to answer from his citizens. The televised phone-in with the Russian President lasted nearly four hours, but the massive DDoS attacks caused repeatedly connection issues, especially during calls from remote regions. “Our digital systems are right now facing attacks, powerful DDoS attacks,” a Rossiya-24 presenter told Putin, after the broadcaster faced connection problems during a call by…