Affiliated media: ABZHAN NEWS, Telegram channel

Incident date: July 3, 2022

Attack type:

• Breaking into email / social media accounts / computer / smartphone

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: ABZHAN NEWS

Location: Kazakhstan, Astana, Nur-Sultan

Additional information:

The editorial board of the Telegram channel ABZHAN NEWS, officially registered as a media outlet, on the day the channel’s creator, journalist Makhambet Abzhan, was detained, reported another hacking attempt on the channel. «We have only partial access left. Work is underway to restore full access», — the editorial board wrote. It was also reported that «government-controlled bots and trolls» had become active in the chats. The editorial board asked readers not to pay attention to them and not to succumb to provocations and insults.