Attacks on media outlets and organisations, Radar, Belgrade, 12.01.2026.

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Attacks on media outlets and organisations, Radar, Belgrade, 12.01.2026.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

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

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Radar
  • Type of media platform
    Printed Media
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Radar

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    12.01.2026
  • 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 reacted publicly
    The association provided legal support

The Instagram account of the Radar portal suddenly gained a large number of unknown bot followers, mostly from fake accounts.

In less than two hours, the number of followers increased by more than six thousand (and continued to grow), representing around 8 percent of the account’s total followers. Specifically, the follower count rose from 85.8 thousand to 91.9 thousand in under two hours. According to the Radar editorial team, such an increase would normally take around three months to achieve organically.

The Radar editorial team contacted Meta, providing information about the sudden surge of fake followers and expressing concern that this could lead to the blocking or shutdown of the account.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DTaWkoNFZrN/?igsh=MW1sOTRmcXMzc3pm