Nicolae Chicu - Justice for Journalists

Nicolae Chicu

Affiliated media: YouTube channel "Nicolae CHICU" , Freelance journalist

Incident date: September 3, 2025

Attack type:

  • Breaking into email / social media accounts / computer / smartphone

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Razvan Gheorghe's Facebook account

Location: Moldova, Chișinău

Additional information:

Journalist Nicolae Chicu’s YouTube channel was deleted just two hours after it was hacked by the Russian secret services, who streamed a live crypto scam to trigger its shutdown.

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