Radio Azattyk - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Radio Azattyk, Online media

Incident date: July 14, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Radio Azattyk

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

Additional information:

Radio Azattyk’s YouTube channel has been subjected to a hacker attack. The video hosting team at Google confirmed the cyberattack and is working to restore the Radio Azattyk channel. It is unknown who carried out the attack and for what purpose. The Radio Azattyk YouTube channel has almost two million subscribers and is the owner of YouTube’s «golden button».

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