Affiliated media: Asia Plus, Social networks accounts of online media

Incident date: September 20, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Asia Plus

Location: Tajikistan, Dushanbe

Additional information:

The server of the Asia Plus news website has been under a massive DDoS attack since September 20. The website was inaccessible for some time because of the heavy load. Not only the website of the media, but also its social networks accounts are under attack. «Kyrgyz users are massively sending complaints to Facebook and Instagram administrators. Kyrgyz bloggers and activists are urging them to do so. We have dozens of scans with their appeals to block Asia Plus», — said Bahmaniyor Nadirov, editorial director of Asia Plus.