Ukraina Molodaya - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Ukraina Molodaya (Young Ukraine), Online news outlet

Incident date: March 3, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: National Union of Journalists of Ukraine

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

The website of the online media Young Ukraine was hacked and two fake news articles were published on the website. Moreover, many news articles from March 2 and 3 were deleted.

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