Affiliated media: Khakassia News Agency, Publication website

Incident date: September 5, 2018

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Republic of Khakassia, Abakan

Additional information:

The website of the Khakassia News Agency was attacked on the eve of the arrival of a delegation from Russia’s Communist Party headed by the deputy chairman of the party’s Central Committee Yuri Afonin and the collective farm owner Pavel Grudinin.