Attacks on media outlets and organisations, Zoomer, Belgrade, 10.01.2026.

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Attacks on media outlets and organisations, Zoomer, Belgrade, 10.01.2026.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Other
  • Victim(s) name
    Ozon Press i Čačanske

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Ozon Press i Čačanske
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Stojan Marković

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    10.01.2026
  • 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 portal Zoomer suddenly received a large number of unknown bot followers, mostly from fake accounts.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DTYcKlQDZzH/?igsh=MWJzaGs3a3BwNjJ0eQ%3D%3D

The attack happened at the same time as the attacks on the accounts of other portals and photojournalists.

On January 12, a second wave of bots was recorded on the Instagram account of the Zoomer portal.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DTajDruDQ6z/?igsh=ZTk5dXFkNHc5bmNq

Meta was informed about all the incidents, and NUNS informed the competent Special Public Prosecutor’s Office for VTK about these events.