Affiliated media: Qaharman Human Rights Protection Foundation, Instagram account

Incident date: April 2, 2020

Attack type:

• Breaking into email / social media accounts / computer / smartphone
• Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet
• Trolling

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Facebook page of Dana Zhanay

Location: Kazakhstan, Akmola Province, Nur-Sultan

Additional information:

The administration of the Instagram account @qaharman of the Qaharman Human Rights Protection Foundation reported that an attempt was made to reset the password at about 10 PM on April 2. The authors of the message associate the hacking attempt with their human rights activities. Qaharman notes that recently there has been an increase in attempts to hack social media accounts of civil activists, some of which have successfully been hacked. The hacked accounts publish provocative and deceitful materials against the movement and other civil activists.