Fourth Estate - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Fourth Estate , Online media

Incident date: June 3, 2021

Attack type:

Cyber-, DDoS, and hacker attack on a media outlet

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Ukraine, Rivne Oblast, Rivne

Additional information:

The website of the investigative journalism agency "Fourth Estate" stopped working on the evening of 3 June, after materials were published about corruption amongst local deputies.

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