TV Rain - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: TV Rain, Independent TV channel

Incident date: January 22, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation n

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The servers of the TV Rain for two weeks were subjected to DDos-attacks. The first DDos attack happened on January 9, with the two larger attacks on January 13 and 14. It was specified that their strength is about 38 and 24 gigabits per second. Another attack happened on January 22.

Help Ukrainian Media:

Gofundme campaign (by Jakub Parusinski) or 2402.org (by Zaborona Media) or IFJ/EFJ Safety Fund