NikLIFE - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: NikLIFE, Online media

Incident date: July 13, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Institute of Mass Information

Location: Ukraine, Mykolaiv Oblast, Mykolaiv

Additional information:

The websites of Mykolaiv-based online media Prestupnosti.NET and NikLIFE were subjected to a large-scale DDoS attack. «On July 11, in the evening, a large-scale hacker attack was carried out on the website. Webite administrators, who help us support the website, were able to repel it. We link the attack to the hacking of the YouTube channel and my Facebook account and believe it was the same people associated with the Russian secret services», — said Anatoly Chubachenko, editor of Prestupnosti.NET.

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