Cyberattackers used US company to crash media sites in Nigeria, others

Cyberattackers used US company to crash media sites in Nigeria, others
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Members of the Somali Journalists Syndicate and local journalists protest the persecution of secretary general Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, third from right, in a December 2022 photo. Mumin fled to Kenya and then to the U.K. after he was repeatedly arrested. This year, the SJS website was the target of cyberattacks. (Photo courtesy SJS)

Members of the Somali Journalists Syndicate and local journalists protest the persecution of secretary general Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, third from right, in a December 2022 photo. Mumin fled to Kenya and then to the U.K. after he was repeatedly arrested. This year, the SJS website was the target of cyberattacks. (Photo courtesy SJS)

News outlets from at least five other countries — Kosovo, Nigeria, Kyrgyzstan, the Philippines, and Turkmenistan — have faced similar attacks over the last two years, according to Qurium’s analysis.

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