Hackers took control of a LED screen, embarrassing the hosts of the military bloc summit.

A LED screen used for displaying advertising was programmed to show the Russian tricolor during a visit of Vladimir Putin to Astana on 27-28 November; instead it turned on blue and yellow– the colors of Ukraine’s national flag.

The Wednesday incident, which was blamed on hackers, embarrassed the Kazakh authorities that hosted a summit of the Moscow-led regional security bloc ODKB as eyewitnesses filmed the scene and shared it across various social media platforms.

The hacked LED screen near the Astana Opera theater was turned off shortly and stayed offline the next day. The police launched an investigation.

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Interior Ministry officials claimed on Thursday that the hacking attack was carried out by “individuals using foreign IP addresses via proxy servers.”

The ODKB – which stands for the Collective Security Treaty Organization – includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan.

During its 28 November ordinary summit, the parties discussed mainly about the consolidation of the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan and preparations to mark the 80th anniversary of allied victory over Nazi Germany in the World War Two – without the coalition allies, of course.

A video has been uploaded on YouTube.

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