Affiliated media: Qafqazinfo.az , Online news portal

Incident date: December 22, 2025

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Gunel Ebilova's Facebook account

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

The official Instagram account of the news portal Qafqazinfo.az has been subjected to a cyberattack. According to the portal’s management, the attack began after the account shared critical content that had originally been published by other media outlets. The Instagram page has more than 618,000 followers and receives around 130 million views per month and 35 million views per week. The management of Qafqazinfo.az has filed a complaint with law enforcement authorities and has called for an investigation into the cyberattack.