LIGA.net - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: LIGA.net, Online media outlet

Incident date: October 24, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

The website LIGA.net was a subject of a cyber attack. Administrators of the LIGA.net social networks received an anonymous message outlining the technical nature of the problem with the website and demanding a small and regular payment. On the next day access to the website was restored.

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