Pro-russian hackers get into RNZ and modify 1 article in Russia's favour (www.newshub.co.nz)

submitted 3 years ago by jeff to c/newzealand

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This topic received 400+ upvotes on Reddit. The Redditors went wild over this, suggesting it must be a far-right insider who worships Elon Musk, and that he should be fired. Seems like a hack rather than a rouge employee or a bad case of journalism.

It should be obvious that nobody in our media uses the term "colour revolution" to describe the Maidan coup/revolution. This is a term that is used exclusively by anti-NATO or anti-US groups.

BTW this wouldn't be the first time that a website was hacked, and had some propaganda edited into it. Years ago I saw a BBC article that was compromised by Israel.

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[-] bevan 6 points 3 years ago

It would be interesting if that was the case, but RNZ did say "an investigation is under way into "the alleged conduct of one employee" who has been "placed on leave while we look into these matters."" That would be a very reactionary thing to do from an employer if there was just the possibility of an account being hacked.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018893783/rnz-investigating-kremlin-friendly-story-edits