Chernihiv's Cheline sustains a cyber attack, suspects Russia

Chernihiv-based online media outlet Cheline sustained a cyber attack on December 22, editor Pavlo Solodovnyk reports to the regional Institute of Mass Information representative Pavlo Pushchenko.

The media outlet’s system administrator Oleksandr Fedorok says that the website “went down” yesterday evening and the admin panel was not working. When rebooting the website’s server did not help, he realized that it was a cyberattack. Then, the underattack mode was turned on, disabling all bots, and the defense worked.

“Now the website works as usual,” Oleksandr Fedorok added.

Screenshot of the Cheline website by the IMI

Pavlo Solodovnyk believes Russia was directly involved in the cyberattack. According to him, Russian hackers target those who work for Ukraine's victory and are patriotically-minded.

“This is not the first time, especially since the start of the full-scale invasion. There have even been cases when the Russian tricolor was 'posted' on the website,” Pavlo Solodovnyk noted.

Recently, Russia-affiliated actors hacked Ukraine's state registers.