Serhiy Antonenko

Affiliated media: Online magazine Legal Informatics, Founder

Incident date: October 5, 2021

Attack type:

• Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Online magazine Legal Informatics

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

Serhiy Antonenko, founder and journalist of the online magazine Legal Informatics, reported an information attack against him. It started after the publication of corrupt investigations about the Ministry of Digital Transformation, as well as the state enterprise Diia. The information that Antonenko is an animal trafficker was spread on the Internet. Also, flyers were posted in the area where Serhiy lives. In addition, several fake advertisements were placed, where the journalist's phone number was listed, as a result of which he received more than a hundred calls for several days.