Detector Media - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Detector Media, Online media

Incident date: November 27, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

Russian hackers attacked the website of Detector Media. The cyber attack began after a message in the People’s Cyber Army Telegram channel, which listed the Detector Media website as a «new target».

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