Affiliated media: Proekt , Independent media organisation

Incident date: February 27, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Proekt Facebook page

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Proekt reported on Facebook that they were attacked by “Prigozhin’s trolls.” “On Thursday, the hashtag #HoldBadaninToAccount appeared on Twitter. Under it, users wrote that the Project’s investigations were “deliberate anti-Russian nonsense,” and editor-in-chief Roman Badanin had allegedly been “recruited by US intelligence services.” In total, about 600 such posts were distributed, including retweets."