Farazh (farazh.tj) - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Farazh (farazh.tj) , Online media

Incident date: September 18, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Tajikistan, Dushanbe

Additional information:

The website of the online media Farazh.tj was subjected to a DDoS attack by unknown persons. The attack lasted more than two days, and the website was working intermittently until protection was established. The owners of the media assume that the attack was organized by activists from Kyrgyzstan after another armed conflict at the border. Activists from Kyrgyzstan were actively spreading messages online that they were planning to attack Tajik websites.

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