Detector Media suffered a large-scale cyber attack on November 8

The Detector Media website suffered a large-scale cyber attack on November 8. The team reports that the attack lasted from 10:30 p.m. to midnight and caused the website to go down temporarily.

User access to the webbsite was later restored by the technicians.

Detecor Media website editor Halyna Sklyarevska said in a comment to the Institute of Mass Information that the staff could not say the exact reason for the attack.

"However, this time our website 'desinfo', where the Detector Media research center analysts refute pro-Russian fakes and manipulation daily, was targeted as well, so we can assume that the attack was related to the content on this website," said Halyna Sklyarevska.

As IMI reported, on October 16, 2024, the Detector Media website was targeted in a DDoS attack. The team believes the attack was triggered by their reporting on the Russian special services trying to recruit Ukrainians on Telegram to set fire to military vehicles.