Aravot.am - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Aravot.am, News website

Incident date: March 14, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Anna Israelyan's Facebook account

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On March 14, the YouTube channel of the news portal Aravot.am was hacked. This was reported by its editor Anna Israelyan. According to her, all video materials were deleted from the channel. The hack occurred after the channel posted an announcement of the broadcast of a journalistic investigation entitled «How and how rich did the revolutionary officials get in a war year in a country at war?».

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