Attacks on media outlets, N1, 28/01/2020

IJAS •︎ 29/01/2020

Attacks on media outlets, N1, 28/01/2020

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    RS
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Novinar N1

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Televizija N1
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
  • Source of information about the incident
    N1

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    28.01.2020
  • City
    Beograd
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Attacks on media outlets and organizations

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes

Portal N1 ,on the 28th of January was the target of two cyber attacks, as a result it was not possible to see the news on their website, or their phone app for several hours. First, a payed cyber attack DDoS happened from China, it started in the early morning hours, and after the stabilization of the portal operation somewhere around 2PM there was an another, same type of  attack.  The attacks continued on the 29th and the 30th of January, and then another attack happened around 11:30 AM on 30th of January. DDoS attacks from several thousands  of computers have the goal to overload web servers, networks, or any other part of the infrastructure and thus prevent access to their users.