Attacks on media outlets and organizations, Juzne vesti, Niš, 13.02.2026.

IJAS •︎ Posted on

Attacks on media outlets and organizations, Juzne vesti, Niš, 13.02.2026.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

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

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Juzne vesti
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Juzne vesti

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    13.02.2026
  • City
    Niš
  • 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

  • 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

Hacker attacks were carried out on several electronic media, that is, their portals, which appear to be completely synchronized.

Since Friday, February 13, attacks have started on the part of the infrastructure where the server of South News is located, so the site is loading slowly. System administrators monitored and remedied the attacks. From time to time there was “congestion” in traffic, that is, slow loading of the site. The amount of traffic coming to the server at certain times was much higher than the network infrastructure could handle.

The attacks lasted from one to several days, and in some cases they lasted more than a week.

The goal of these attacks was to demolish, that is, knock down or block the operation of their pages.

The attacks continued continuously for some time, and were carried out according to several media outlets.

Most of the attacks were reported to the competent public prosecution for VTK.