Radio Svaboda - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Radio Svaboda, Telegram channel

Incident date: November 25, 2021

Attack type:

Breaking into email / social media accounts / computer / smartphone

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The Telegram channel of Radio Svaboda was attacked by unknown hackers who posted on it a link to the pro-governmental resources controlled by de facto President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. Later, the Telegram channel of the media was restored and the messages were deleted.

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