Affiliated media: Radio Azattyq, Online media

Incident date: April 28, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Radio Azatttyq

Location: Kazakhstan, Astana, Astana

Additional information:

The websites of Radio Azattyq and Current Time experienced throttling, resulting in slower page loads and lower traffic. Researchers at the Open Observatory of Network Interference noted that the website of Radio Azattyq was blocked in Kazakhstan, or their loading was significantly slowed for at least 28 weeks, starting September 27 last year, with the help of traffic throttling, and the website of Current Time was subjected to throttling during the early presidential elections in Kazakhstan in November 2022. Currently, the Radio Azattyq website was still being throttled, access to Currentime.tv is no longer restricted.