La Russia sabota sei satelliti europei, colpita anche la televisione olandese

> Behind the disruptions to children’s channel BabyTV lies an extensive Russian offensive on European satellites. This is evident from research by Nieuwsuur .
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> This spring, viewers of children’s channel BabyTV in the Netherlands and other European countries will suddenly see minutes of Russian propaganda. It is unclear at the time who is behind this disruption. speculate Media reports about a possible ‘hack’ at satellite company Eutelsat, which supplied BabyTV’s television signal.
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> But BabyTV’s disruptions are collateral damage of a broader Russian sabotage offensive disrupting European satellites. At least six European satellites have been attacked by Russia in recent months – the latest disruption dates back to earlier this month.
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> “That is a lot, and it is unfortunate that it is happening,” says Patrick Bolder, an expert in the field of military activities in space and affiliated with The Hague Center for Strategic Studies (HCSS). “It shows that we are not resilient. We are not sufficiently aware of our vulnerabilities.”
> Signal hijacking
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> The Russian sabotage first affected the Netherlands on March 16, when KPN broadcast an hour-long interference picture instead of children’s television. At that moment, no one notices, not even KPN. The company only discovered the disruption months later, after questions from Nieuwsuur .
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> But that same morning, at the same time, the broadcast of the Ukrainian television channel FreedomTV is also interrupted. Instead of the normal programming, a Russian propaganda video is shown.
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> That’s no coincidence. The Ukrainian channel runs via the same television satellite as BabyTV, a satellite of the French company Eutelsat. Russia has taken over the television signal from that satellite by broadcasting a much stronger signal: a so-called ‘signal hijacking attack’. That signal also affects the Netherlands.
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> And that happens twice more. On March 28, Dutch customers of VodafoneZiggo and Odido suddenly saw Russian war propaganda on the BabyTV channel. Also on April 17, BabyTV’s programming will be replaced by Russian propaganda videos.
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> VodafoneZiggo and Odido customers in the Netherlands and viewers of FreedomTV in Ukraine see the same Russian singers and war images appear on television.
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> KPN never broadcasts the images: with that provider, the screen automatically switches to interference images on these days.
> The target
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> The target of the Russian disruptions is Ukrainian television, conclude Dutch, French, Swedish and Ukrainian government services with which Nieuwsuur spoke. BabyTV’s interruptions are most likely collateral damage.
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> The disruptions have caused concerns for the Dutch government this spring. For example, the National Cyber ​​Security Center (NCSC), part of the Ministry of Justice and Security (J&V), wrote a confidential report in which it calls on Dutch television providers to map their dependence on satellites. The report is only shared with a handful of providers and television organizations, such as the NPO.
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> In Europe, more than 125 million people depend on satellites to watch television. The NCSC and other European government services fear that the Russian disruptions to satellites in the spring are tests for more serious disruptions, for example during the Summer Games in Paris a few months later.
> Six satellites attacked
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> That doesn’t happen. But Russia continues to sabotage European satellites by jamming them : the signal is not drowned out by another signal, but made temporarily unusable.
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> In recent months, Russia has disrupted at least four satellites owned by the French company Eutelsat and one satellite managed by the Luxembourg company SES. This is evident from confidential investigations by the satellite companies, in the hands of Nieuwsuur , and conversations with involved government agencies in the Netherlands, France, Sweden, and Ukraine.
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> The other attacked satellites carry not only a TV signal, but also government communications and possibly even military communications, according to brochures from the companies. Expert Patrick Bolder sees the attacks as an escalation of the hybrid war between Russia and the West. “We are actually already at war with Russia, but a lot of people don’t understand that. As long as they are not stopped, Russia will keep going one step further. Until we say: stop.”
> UN cannot intervene
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> Efforts to halt Russian attacks are taking place in Geneva. There, the Netherlands, together with four other countries including Ukraine, filed a complaint against Russia with the Radio Regulations Board of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). That is the UN body responsible for regulating satellite communications.
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> “The agreements say loud and clear: disrupting satellite signals is not allowed,” says Lilian Jeanty, former chairman of the Radio Regulations Board. But despite the official complaint, Russian attacks are only increasing. The UN has no coercive means to stop Russia, Jeanty explains. “During ITU meetings, other countries can name and shame Russia . But there are no sanction options.”
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> In response to the complaints to the ITU, Russia denies involvement in the attacks: according to the Russians, their own research shows that no disruptions from Russian territory took place on the dates mentioned. The Russians do not provide evidence for that claim. There was no answer to questions from Nieuwsuur to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Maybe we should ask Putin for some of his red Cayons to draw some of these red lines for sabotage. I heard he is preparing his nukes anyway right now, so he doesn’t need them?

We joke about Putin’s final, final, final nuke warning. But let me tell you who’s the biggest joke here. Well, you know who.

Its ridiculous what we let these cunts do

EU not doing shit and taking it in the ass time after time is bafling to me.