Askar Shaigumarov - Justice for Journalists

Askar Shaigumarov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: January 10, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Uralsk Week (uralskweek.kz)

Location: Kazakhstan, West Kazakhstan Province, Uralsk

Additional information:

On the morning of January 10, the day of the elections to the Mazhilis of the Parliament and maslikhats, an attempt was made to hack Askar Shaigumarov's social media accounts. He received a message from the Facebook tech team about an attempt to access his account via the SMS password.

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