inform.zp.ua - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: inform.zp.ua, Online news outlet

Incident date: April 30, 2022

Attack type:

  • Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Institute of Mass Information

Location: Ukraine, Zaporizhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia

Additional information:

The editorial of the Zaporizhzhia-based online news outlet inform.zp.ua has received three new emails with threats. Two of them were signed by the hacker group NoName057(16). The emails were sent from the mail.ru e-mail service. The letter, dated April 30, from the sender, Cheslava Solovey, said: «You didn't get it the first time, we'll tell you again. We will continue to take down your websites if you don't stop the spread of fakes about Russia». The letter was signed with a link to the Telegram channel of the hacker group Noname057(16). On May 2, the editorial team again received a letter from Irina Chyurakova with poetic threats. On May 5, the editorial office received another threat from the hackers Noname, which read: «V is for Victory, Z is for Is Ours! You are done for! Best regards, NoName057(16)!».

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