Detector Media - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Detector Media, Online media outlet

Incident date: November 8, 2024

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

The attack on the Detector Media website lasted from 22:30 to midnight, as a result of which the website was temporarily down. Subsequently, specialists restored user access to the website. Responsibility for the attack on the Detector Media website was publicly claimed by the Russian hacker group Narodnaya CyberArmiya.

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