Zhytomyr.info - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Zhytomyr.info , Online news outlet

Incident date: March 5, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Ukraine, Zhytomyr Oblast, Zhytomyr

Additional information:

On the evening of March 5, the Zhytomyr.info website was subjected to a DDoS attack. Hackers made changes to the news about the shelling of settlements. «Specialists have confirmed that it was a DDoS attack; after access to the website was blocked to users from Russia and Belarus, Zhytomyr.info continues to work steadily», – reports the media.

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