Dmitry Kolezev - Justice for Journalists

Dmitry Kolezev

Affiliated media: It's My City, Founder

Incident date: September 8, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Znak.com

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

Kolezev and the media outlet It's My City he founded had their Instagram accounts blocked following complaints from users. In addition, unknown people tried to hack Kolesev's page in the social network VKontakte. Moreover, the journalist's personal e-mail address and editorial e-mail address are under spam attack.

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