News website 061.ua - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: News website 061.ua, News website

Incident date: May 6, 2022

Attack type:

Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Ukraine, Zaporizhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhya

Additional information:

The Zaporizhzhya-based news website 061.ua received threats from the hacker group Noname057(16). Another threatening letter to the editorial office was received on May 5 from the mail service inbox.ru. The letter sender is named Tsisar Alexandrovich. The content of the letter reads: «V for Victory, Z for Iz Ours! You are done for! Best regards, NoName057(16)!».

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