Affiliated media: abzas.net, News website

Incident date: April 22, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: azadliq.org

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

The news site abzas.net suffered a cyberattack. As a result of the cyberattack, all the news was removed along with the site’s photo archive for the last month. Several sections in the site’s structure were totally destroyed. Abzas.net is an autonomous news site, known for its critical content. Prior to this, the site was repeatedly subjected to cyberattacks. Several times access to the site was blocked without a court order. The editor of the site was drafted into military service, although three years ago, he had obtained the right to a deferment.