Serikzhan Mauletbai

Affiliated media: BES.media , Journalist, Founder

Incident date: June 5, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

Serikzhan Mauletbai, the founder of the media project BES.media, said at a meeting on the development of Telegram in Kazakhstan that his media, along with its popularity among subscribers, is causing unprecedented interest among fake users, so-called bots. Fake commenters are especially active under article about the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. «There were 225 comments on the news about the referendum decree, where everyone raved about "President Tokayev’s wise policy"», — said the founder of BES.media.