Nazymgul Kumyspayeva

Affiliated media: YouTube channel Obozhayu, Journalist

Incident date: November 1, 2024

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Astana, Astana

Additional information:

Journalist Nazymgul Kumyspayeva, host of the programme Ministers on the YouTube channel Obozhayu, reported a new cyber-attack in social networks. On November 1, her phone began to receive mass calls from unknown numbers from around the world. In addition, the programme «Roads of Kazakhstan. Where is the Minister of Transport?», published in YouTube on October 29, had more than two hundred comments «R.I.P.» left from different accounts at approximately the same time on November 1. Usually, this abbreviation is used as an inscription on tombstones and death notices, but hackers and bots thus annoy the author of the content.