Narodnaya Volya - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Narodnaya Volya , Newspaper, Online publication

Incident date: March 5, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The Narodnaya Volya website has been subjected to intense DDoS attacks. It was restored from an earlier backup. The articles that have already been published are temporarily not available.

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