Heorhiy Shabaev

Affiliated media: RFE/RL Investigative Journalism Project Schemes, Journalist

Incident date: February 18, 2024

Attack type:

• Breaking into email / social media accounts / computer / smartphone

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Heorhiy Shabaev's Facebook page

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

Unknown attackers tried to gain access to the Telegram account of investigative journalist Heorhiy Shabaev. The journalist links the attempted hacking to his professional activities, as the hacking was carried out at night and the attackers had the technical ability to intercept an SMS with the account access code.