Kirill Artyomenko

Affiliated media: Bumaga, Founder, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: April 16, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Bumaga Telegram channel

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg

Additional information:

Artyomenko, as well as Vladislav Chirin, the correspondent of his media, and employees of other media outlets, were subjected to a massive spam attack on their cell phones. They began receiving numerous calls and text messages with registration confirmation codes for various services, including Gosuslugi, banks, and stores. Journalists of TV Rain, Echo of Moscow, Mediazona, 7x7, The Village, and Republic, among others, reported such attacks.