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Russian YouTube suffers the biggest computer attack in its history

online video website RuTubeknown as the Russian alternative to YouTube, has suffered the biggest computer attack in its historya, as reported on Tuesday by the Russian platform.

“We have encountered the biggest hack in the history of RuTube,” according to a message on its Telegram channel.

Indicates that restoring the operation of the service, which was inoperative on Monday, “It will take more time than technicians initially thought.”

At the same time, RuTube denied information in the Russian media that the hackers deleted the source code of the platform that it will not be able to work again.

According to the Russian media consortium Gazprom Media, by the end of March a quarter of YouTube’s Russian audience had moved to its Russian analogue, which by then had over twenty-five million users.

Several Russian officials have suggested blocking YouTube which has restricted access to various Russian state media for its coverage of the military campaign in Ukraine.

RuTube, founded in the 2000s, announced a few months ago that it was beginning a modernization process to meet the needs and expectations of its audience.

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