Affiliated media: Newsmaker.md, Online news outlet
Incident date: September 25, 2023
Attack type:
- Cyber-, DDoS, and hacker attack on a media outlet
Who attacked: Unknown sources
Source: Safety of Journalists Platform
Location: Moldova, Chișinău
Additional information:
On 25 September 2023, at least three Moldovan news websites were targeted in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks coordinated by pro-Russian hackers, according to the media in question. Newsmaker.md, Ziarul de Gardă and Nokta.md were targeted at various times of the day. Newsmaker.md reported that it had managed to defend its website and preserve access to it, while Ziarul de Gardă said its page was unavailable to readers for approximately 20 minutes before technical services restored full access.