The service does not turn on at the time of writing. The bug report suggests “Go to RuTube later”.

what is known

RuTube has confirmed that the service has suffered a cyberattack and is temporarily down as a result.

After the sites of Russian agencies, which have been constantly exposed to cyber attacks for the last two months, hackers reached RuTube. Video hosting has been hit by a strong cyberattack. It is currently impossible to access the platform. The Response Task Force is already working to restore access to the video service. How long the recovery process will take will become clear in the near future,
– wrote the managers.

• It is unknown who is behind this attack.
• RuTube could be a new target for Ukrainian IT army or Anonymous hackers.
• So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the hacking.
• The company itself states that “Third parties could not access the video archive. The entire library, including private content, remains stored on the service.”.
• The description is very interesting, given that the video content is already publicly available. and here personal data (emails, phones, payment data, geolocation, etc.).

Anonymous reported today, with the help of a short video, that on May 9, there was a successful attack on Russian television. Therefore, we can assume that RuTube is also their value.

Hackers hacked the TV show page and changed the names of all TV shows. “You have the blood of thousands of Ukrainians and hundreds of their murdered children on your hands. The television and the authorities are lying. There is no war.”– spoken in messages.