Affiliated media: Vedomosti , News website

Incident date: July 23, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Insider

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The article about the work of the investigation with suspects on «spyware» charges, written by journalist and advisor of the head of Roscosmos Ivan Safronov, who has been in prison for more than a year accused of treason disappeared from the Vedomosti website. A representative of the publication reported that the website was subjected to a DDoS attack.