Ukraine's current hacking of Russian TV: There's been a lot of engagement with my🧵below (thanks everyone!) so here's a new🧵with more details:
- Ukraine is uplinking its own multiplex (a "mux") to various Russian satellites, mimicking the mux being uplinked by Russia
- Ukraine is uplinking its own multiplex (a "mux") to various Russian satellites, mimicking the mux being uplinked by Russia
https://twitter.com/ChrisGreenwayUK/status/1611376793411371010
2/ The Ukrainian uplink is much stronger than the Russian one, fooling the Russian satellite into relaying the Ukrainian uplink instead
- Ukraine has also given the individual TV channels on the "fake" mux the same IDs as on the Russian one
- Ukraine has also given the individual TV channels on the "fake" mux the same IDs as on the Russian one
3/ This means the terrestrial transmitters in occupied parts of Ukraine have also been fooled into relaying the Ukrainian broadcasts as if they were Russian ones
- Here's evidence from within occupied Ukraine of what viewers have been seeing on their TVs
- Here's evidence from within occupied Ukraine of what viewers have been seeing on their TVs
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1611097726237790211
4/ One viewer in occupied Ukraine said: "I don't know how our [guys] hacked the Russian channels, but we were beside ourselves with happiness. We watched the president's address and cried. It was something incredible! We are grateful to those who did it!" facebook.com/oleh.baturin/p…
5/ A Russian official blamed the hacking on information warfare conducted by Ukrainians "under the guidance of Anglo-Saxon IT terrorists". t.me/alexandr_malke…
6/ For days, the Russians have been frantically changing their satellite TV configurations, moving around the frequencies they're using to transmit to occupied areas of Ukraine. They're now using multiple satellites & frequencies in a bid to outwit the hacking and gain resilience
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