Chetverta Vlada (Fourth Estate) - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Chetverta Vlada (Fourth Estate), Online news outlet

Incident date: October 22, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Facebook page of Chetverta vlada (Fourth Estate)

Location: Ukraine, Rivne Oblast, Rivne

Additional information:

The website of the Chetverta Vlada (Fourth Estate) suffered DDoS-attack. As a result, the website was now working for several hours. Journalists of the publication believe that attack is related to the investigation published a day before about one of the candidates for the position of the city head of Rivne.

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