Aisana Ashim

Affiliated media: The Village Kazakhstan , General Director

Incident date: October 1, 2024

Attack type:

• Identity theft / phishing / doxxing

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty, Almaty

Additional information:

Aisana Ashim, Director General of The Village Kazakhstan reported on her Instagram Story that someone has been creating advertising using fragments of her existing interviews. In the clips the journalist is allegedly recommending the Kaspi app. Aisana Ashim noted that the video features shots from her interview with Kseniya Sobchak discussing domestic violence, and that the voice-over for the advert is very similar to her own. Aisana clarified that she isn't selling or launching anything, and asked them to not take the scammers' bait.