Golosarmenii.am - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Golosarmenii.am, News website

Incident date: June 26, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On June 26, as a result of a hackers’ attack, the website Golosarmenii.am of the Russian-language newspaper Golos Armenii (Voice of Armenia) was breached. Almost instantly, a 20-year-old data base disappeared. Flora Nakhshkaryan, editor-in-chief of the newspaper, reported this. It is not known whether the cyberattack came from Armenia or other countries. On July 29, the content of the site was restored.

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