Viter - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Viter, TV channel

Incident date: February 21, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Institute of Mass Information

Location: Ukraine, Kirovohrad Oblast, Kropyvnytskyi

Additional information:

On February 21, the server of the Viter TV channel was attacked by hackers who encrypted data on the server and published a message demanding ransom.

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