Affiliated media: Sugdnews.com, News agency

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:

According to Sugdnews editor Alisher Tolib, the media’s website was attacked at a «fairly serious level», which the media was not prepared for. According to the editor, this was the first time they encountered such an attack. «The server did not have time to handle a large load, which resulted in a significant slowdown of the server’s response to requests, and the denial of service of some of the user requests. Our readers wrote to us about this», — he said. Alisher said that their social networks pages are also being points of interest. For example, after publishing an interview with a resident of the Chorkuh jamoat, where he talked about the explosion in the mosque on Friday, the editorial board faced an influx of offensive comments.