A year of information warfare in Ukraine: online attacks against media and journalists

The Russian invasion on 24 February has caused a wave of cybercrimes, including cyberattacks, hacks, social media threats, and attacks against media pages on social media. Hackers associated with the GRU, the Russian military intelligence organization, were blamed for the most recent cyberattack, which targeted the website of the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform.

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion on 24 February, the Institute of Mass Information (IMI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have documented the violent crimes and mistreatment of journalists and media organizations in Ukraine. Cyberattacks, hacks, social media threats, and attacks against media pages on social media have all been used in the information war. Throughout the past year, at least 42 cyber crimes have been reported. Hackers associated with the GRU, the Russian military intelligence organization, were blamed for the most recent cyberattack, which targeted the website of the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform.