Last night, independent publications from St. Petersburg and Volgograd reported a hack.

St. Petersburg publication Fontanka.ru reported about the hacking of his Telegram channel on the evening of May 10.

"The scammers, posing as the channel, are offering to 'Earn very good money.' Fontanka has no connection to this publication and kindly asks all readers not to click on the links," the journalists warned.

That same evening, the site was hacked. reported Volgograd publication "Volzhsky.ru".

"The attackers gained unauthorized access to the site's management system and posted deliberately false material," the editorial staff reported.

The article was written in the publication's style. It reported that a student at a Volgograd lyceum shot a classmate with a weapon brought by a Wagner PMC fighter for a demonstration during a "Conversations About Important Things" class. According to Volzhsky.ru, this information is untrue.