Aysana Ashim

Affiliated media: The Village Kazakhstan , Director general

Incident date: November 24, 2021

Attack type:

• Identity theft / phishing / doxxing

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Aysana Ashim's Instagram account

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

On November 24, the director general of The Village Kazakhstan Aysana Ashim received a warning from Apple Inc. that her phone had been targeted by state-sponsored attackers. «Honestly, I’m not surprised in the slightest — I’ve been targeted, pressurised, and blocked before. All because of my journalistic, activist, and human rights work», — said Aysana Ashim.