Vladislav Chirin

Affiliated media: Bumaga, Correspondent

Incident date: April 16, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Bumaga Telegram channel

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg

Additional information:

Vladislav Chirin, as well as the editor-in-chief of Bumaga, Kirill Artemenko, and employees of other independent media outlets were subjected to a massive spam attack on their cell phones. They began receiving numerous calls and text messages with registration confirmation codes for various services, including Gosuslugi, banks, and stores. Presumably, this was an attempt to hack into accounts. Journalists from TV Rain, Echo of Moscow, Bumaga, Mediazona, 7x7, The Village, and Republic, among others, reported such attacks.