akzhol.kz - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: akzhol.kz , Online news outlet

Incident date: December 15, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: akzhol.kz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

A series of cyberattacks have been conducted on the official website of the Ak Zhol party. The MediaHol company, which provides technical support for the akzhol.kz website, reported 106 attempts of unauthorized access to a confidential database. List of countries from which such attempts were detected: France, Canada, Australia, Italy, Germany, USA, Indonesia, Netherlands.

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