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Affiliated media: Prestupnosti.Net, Online media

Incident date: February 12, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Niklife

Location: Ukraine, Mykolaiv Oblast, Mykolaiv

Additional information:

The websites of Mykolaiv-based media Prestupnosti.Net and Niklife stopped working because of a hacker attack on the hosting. For more than 5 days, access to the resource could not be restored, with hackers asking for a ransom of 2 bitcoins. The recovery process continues, the media continue to work on their social networks pages.