Charter 97 - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Charter 97, Новостной сайт

Incident date: February 26, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Charter 97

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The Charter97.org website was subject to a DDoS attack. Within 15 minutes, the servers received more than 5.6 million requests, making it difficult for readers to access the site. The issue was later restored.

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