Affiliated media: TVK Krasnoyarsk, Editorial staff

Incident date: October 27, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: TVK Krasnoyarsk

Location: Russia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Krasnoyarsk

Additional information:

TVK Krasnoyarsk's social network pages were attacked by bots, and as a result, the channel's Instagram account was blocked by the administration of the social network. The editorial staff created a backup account. TVK's Telegram channel was also attacked. The editorial staff links the attack with the attack on the film crew on October 24. Herbalife representative in Krasnoyarsk Oksana Osetrova and her driver participated in the incident. Herbalife distributors asked TVK to remove users' comments to the news about the attack. Later, on October 29, Osetrova apologized to journalists in writing. The bot attacks, however, continued.