mamul.am - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: mamul.am, News website

Incident date: September 27, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On September 27, Azerbaijani hackers claimed they have hacked 90 Armenian information websites, including some top news sources like: a1plus.am, armenpress.am, armtimes.com, blognews.am, hetq.am, mamul.am, mediamax.am, zhamanak.com. The work of these sites was restored in a few hours.

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