Yeni Musavat - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Yeni Musavat, YouTube channel

Incident date: March 1, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

The YouTube channel of the newspaper Yeni Musavat was attacked. All archives of the channel were deleted. The archive could not be restored. The page was restored a few days later.

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