Chetverta Vlada - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Chetverta Vlada, Online media

Incident date: March 8, 2023

Attack type:

Breaking into email / social media accounts / computer / smartphone

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Ukraine, Rivne Oblast, Rivne

Additional information:

Attackers tried to hack into the Google account (mail) of a local investigative journalism agency. Journalists and cyber-security experts are inclined to believe that this attack may have been ordered by local figures in recent investigations.

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