Attacks on media outlets and organisations, Beta, Belgrade, 07.08.2025.

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Attacks on media outlets and organisations, Beta, Belgrade, 07.08.2025.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Agencija Beta

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Agencija Beta
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Zlata Kureš

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    07.08.2025
  • City
    Beograd
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    Organized groups
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Other means of incidents and attacks
  • Type of incident
    Attacks on media outlets and organizations
  • Type of attack
    Hacking attack

  • Action by the authorities

  • Legal status of the case
    The procedure is in the phase of gathering information about all the circumstances of the case
  • Type of violation
    Hacker attack

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association provided legal support

The website of the agency Beta was attacked by a ransomware attack on the server where the database of the agency’s website dvenievropskiservis.rs is located.

The attack took place in the morning, and the base cannot be accessed. The person who carried out the attack left a message with a ransom demand.

In agreement with Beta, NUNS reported the hacking attack to the competent public prosecutor’s office for high-tech crime.