Nokta.md - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Nokta.md, Online news outlet

Incident date: September 25, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Moldova, Chisinau

Additional information:

The Nokta.md news portal was cyberattacked by the Russian hackers and was unavailable for about 20 minutes. The website was down after the message in the pro-Russian Telegram-channel "People's Cyber Army", a pro-Russian hacker group which has previously attacked media outlets in Ukraine and other countries.

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