Newsmaker.md - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Newsmaker.md, Online news website

Incident date: May 5, 2025

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Moldova, Chișinău

Additional information:

For the past few weeks, the Facebook page of the NewsMaker portal has been hit by a coordinated surge of comments from fake accounts. Numerous posts are being inundated with messages that are irrelevant to the content of the shared news, often repeating the same phrases or wording.

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Gofundme campaign (by Jakub Parusinski) or 2402.org (by Zaborona Media) or IFJ/EFJ Safety Fund

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On April 15, 2025, the Russian Ministry of Justice labelled Justice for Journalists Foundation an ‘undesirable organisation’ in the territory of the Russian Federation.

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