Affiliated media: National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, Website of an independent public organisation

Incident date: October 15, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Other country authorities

Source: National Union of Journalists of Ukraine

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

The website of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine has been subjected to a powerful DDoS attack from Russia. Because of this, the resource was inaccessible for a whole day. Later, the hosting provider received a demand from Roskomnadzor to block access to the website due to «inconsistency of information on the website with Russian law».