Affiliated media: Ulysmedia.kz , Online media

Incident date: January 18, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

On January 18, the head of the project Ulysmedia.kz Samal Ibrayeva reported a hacker attack on the website and the publication of her and her children’s personal data on it. «We have been racking our brains for half a year, trying to figure out whom did Ulys cross — we looked through all the last names — well, there are no suitable candidates for villains in the list of characters of our materials, who could have committed such a vile deed», — Samal Ibrayeva wrote on Facebook. Later, the personal data disappeared from the website. The website of the media was unavailable from 3 PM on January 18 until January 23.