Moldova 1 - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Moldova 1, Website of the television channel

Incident date: September 28, 2025

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Moldova1.md

Location: Moldova, Chișinău

Additional information:

The websites of the public television and radio stations — moldova1.md and radiomoldova.md — were the target of a DDoS cyberattack on September 28, the day of the parliamentary elections. Within just a few minutes, the servers were hit with over 36 million fake requests, according to the Cloudflare protection system. Despite the large-scale attack, the platforms' functionality was not affected.

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