061.ua - Justice for Journalists

061.ua

Affiliated media: Online media

Incident date: June 16, 2022

Attack type:

  • Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Institute of Mass Information

Location: Ukraine, Zaporizhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhya

Additional information:

A Russian group of hackers calling itself NoName057(16) threatens the employees of the Zaporizhzhya-based media 061.ua with punishment for the fact that Ukrainian law enforcers initiated criminal proceedings against the group. On June 16, the media received a letter from hackers with the subject line «About the criminal case against Russian hackers» from the Russian e-mail service bk.ru. In the letter, sent on behalf of Eva Yudina, the group of unknown people resents the criminal proceedings initiated against them, and states that the journalists will be held responsible for «crimes against humanity».

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