The platforms of the Realitatea media group, including its online outlets and RLIVE TV, have faced a massive cyberattack wave in recent weeks. Over 21 days, the group recorded about 250,000 cyber interference attempts and blocked more than 12,000 malicious addresses.
The attacks originated from the Russian Federation, China, Iran, Vietnam, and the United States. They included DDoS assaults, brute-force attempts on administration panels, exploitation of system vulnerabilities, and abusive reporting campaigns targeting domains and content on Google and other international platforms. These efforts risked blacklisting Realitatea’s websites and reducing their visibility in search results and social networks.
The media group called on Google and other technology companies to speed up case reviews and adopt stricter validation mechanisms to prevent abusive blocking, warning that such practices hinder journalistic activity.
This is not the first such campaign. In April 2025 alone, Realitatea identified 150,000 interference attempts over 14 days. In 2024, the group repelled three major attack waves in March–April, August, and September–October.
Realitatea believes the latest escalation is testing resilience ahead of Moldova’s parliamentary elections on September 28, 2025.
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The IT department reported that it has mobilized national and international anti-DDoS systems, deployed next-generation firewalls (NGFW), IDS/IPS systems, and server-level rate limiting. However, the group admitted these measures are becoming insufficient against increasingly sophisticated threats.
“Our team remains fully mobilized to keep systems resilient and to protect the information space our readers and viewers trust,” Realitatea stated.