Daniel Ioannisyan

Affiliated media: Sut.am, Activist

Incident date: March 25, 2017

Attack type:

• Identity theft / phishing / doxxing

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On March 25, the website “Iravunk.com” published an article under the heading “Interesting episodes from civil activist Daniel Ioannisyan’s biography”, which revealed information about the personal life and family of Daniel Ioannisyan, programme coordinator of the “Union of Informed Citizens” NGO. The information would only have been available to the police and the investigative committee. The "leak" of personal data took place during the campaign preceding parliamentary elections on April 2, after Daniel Ioannisyan’s controversial proof that kindergarten and school directors recruited voters for the Republican party.