RIA-Melitopol - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: RIA-Melitopol, Online news outlet

Incident date: October 9, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Ukraine, Zaporizhia Oblast, Melitopol

Additional information:

A DDoS attack was being carried out on the RIA-Melitopol website for several days. Just a day before, journalists recorded a revealing interview about one of the ex-people's deputies and the current parliamentarian. The editorial office associates the attack with this.

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