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Ukrainian activists may have hacked private surveillance systems in Russia to play speeches in cafes or shops.
The Ukraine war is probably the best-documented military conflict of all time, precisely because of the social networks. However, as in any war, the truth is the first casualty.
It’s also a battle for public opinion. And Propaganda, hacker attacks, fake videos are weapons. Much of the information about what happened cannot be independently verified. This also applies to the hacker attack that the Ukrainian media is currently celebrating and which is said to have happened on May 10th.
Russia: incredulous amazement at the off-screen voice
Imagine someone unsuspectingly walking into a store and the voice of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin suddenly blaring out through the loudspeakers, which are usually used to blare out hints or offers. Exactly that is obvious Ukrainian activists succeeded, but with a completely different voice from the off.
They claim to have hacked isolated surveillance systems across Russia in order to broadcast a Network of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyjs. A forced sound reinforcement, abrupt and unexpected.
On the faces of the listeners, who are captured by the video surveillance cameras were recorded, one thing is easy to read: sheer amazement. The whole scenery seems surreal or like a prank with a hidden camera. With one difference: very few Russians can laugh about it.
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People turn around, look dumbfounded to where they suspect the source of the sound; a few even laugh. Some fiddle with their cell phones or a remote control. It is uncertain whether everyone will immediately realize who the voiceover is, but at the latest in the course of the Selenskyj-Rede they will have noticed. At the end of the recording, a man approaches with a ladder, apparently to switch off the camera and speakers.
To all appearances is the Ukrainian hackers a propaganda coup succeeded – not without wit and irony. The video, which is two minutes and 20 seconds long, has now been clicked well over 100,000 times on the Twitter channel of the “Business Ukraine” magazine alone, which is published monthly in English. (fmg)
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