Maksim Litavrin

Affiliated media: Mediazona , Journalist

Incident date: January 30, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Krasnoyarsk

Additional information:

«Mediazona» journalist Maksim Litavrin was subjected to a spam-attack after publishing an article about Artem Zagrebelnyi’s case- a citizen of Krasnoyarsk who is accused in attacking an FSB officer. The journalist called “the victim”, after which he was littered with SMS-texts with codes from various services. The coordinator of “Otkrytka” Aleksei Pryanishnikov, Zagrebelnyi himself and his friend were also subjected to the same type of attack.