Gulzhan Yergaliyeva
Affiliated media: Elmedia , Editor-in-chief
Incident date: December 7, 2022
Attack type:
- Identity theft / phishing / doxxing
Who attacked: Unknown sources
Source: Adil Soz
Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty
Additional information:
On December 7, late in the evening, unknown persons reported to the police about bombs allegedly planted in the apartment and car of ElMedia head Gulzhan Yergaliyeva. The task force rushed to the journalist’s home. The bomb was not found. However, the car about which the intruders reported, has not belonged to Yergaliyeva since 1995. The journalist concluded that the telephone terrorists used her personal data from the database of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or another government agency.