news.am - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: news.am, News website

Incident date: September 27, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

Azerbaijani hackers hacked Armenian news websites 1in.am and news.am and tried to spread their information through these sources. The websites were restored after a few hours.

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