Affiliated media: Newgrodno.by, Telegram channel of the news website

Incident date: February 18, 2021

Attack type:

• Breaking into email / social media accounts / computer / smartphone

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Hrodna

Additional information:

The Telegram channel of the Hrodna-based news website Newgrodno.by was hacked at night. The editorial board lost control over it completely. According to the editor of the media outlet Ihar Bublikau (Remzik), his personal Telegram channel was seized on the same night. Two weeks before these events, the officers of the Leninsky District Police Department of Hrodna seized a computer system unit as a result of a search in the editorial office.