Affiliated media: Nasha Gazeta, Online media outlet

Incident date: June 15, 2024

Attack type:

• Identity theft / phishing / doxxing

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Kostanay Province, Kostanay

Additional information:

A reader of Nasha Gazeta reported a mailing via WhatsApp that uses the newspaper’s logo and offers to advertise a promotion in Telegram account. The author of the mailing provided rates much lower than Nasha Gazeta’s price list. On the same day, NG reported in its Instagram and Telegram accounts: «Dear subscribers. Beware of fraudsters. On behalf of Nasha Gazeta, information about an action on advertising with an offer to transfer money is being distributed. This is not our mailing, we do not have such an action. All advertising offers are distributed only through the official page of NG in Instagram».