Vlast.kz Website Unstable After Massive DDoS Attack

The Vlast.kz website has been operating intermittently due to a large-scale DDoS attack, Orda.kz reports.

According to the newsroom, the site has been targeted for several days, with the most powerful attack occurring today. Technical specialists from their provider are working to mitigate the DDoS effects.

Vlast.kz says it will continue publishing on social media — and on the website itself once access is restored.

Technical specialists from the provider are working to repel the DDoS attack, the newsroom wrote on its Telegram channel.

This comes amid a broader wave of pressure on independent media and journalists. Recently, Instagram removed all posts from the accounts of journalists Vadim Boreiko and Askhat Niyazov, as well as activist Sanzhar Bokayev.

In late October, YouTube blocked the Prosto Zhurnalistika channel run by journalist Lukpan Akhmedyarov — his second suspension this year.

Orda has also been repeatedly targeted. At the end of October, Facebook disabled the page of editor-in-chief Gulnara Bazhkenova, alleging impersonation.

And yesterday, law enforcement conducted searches at Orda’s Almaty office, held journalists inside for five hours, and prevented lawyers from entering.

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