Beybut Alibekov

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: July 21, 2020

Attack type:

• Identity theft / phishing / doxxing

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

In the Telegram messenger, unknown people created fake accounts of journalist Beybut Alibekov and blogger Alisher Yelikbaev. The messages were sent on their behalf with a request for financial help. It is worth mentioning that photos and data of journalists were used in the accounts.