Verbal, online or physical attack: Hacking/DDoS attack
The website of the local edition of news platform Photoinform in the city of Kropivnytsky in Southern Ukraine was targeted with DDoS attack which caused it to lose some of its published materials. The attack happened during 21 and 22 March, during which time access to the website was blocked. Technical experts were able to locate the source of the attack to Luhansk and Photoinform was since able to continue its work.