Hackers attack Russian media outlets
Several media outlets in Russia's St.
Petersburg city, and a popular online news broadcaster, Dozhd (Rain), came
under hacker attack Thursday 'There has been a DDoS attack going since
(Thursday) morning. Our IT service is doing everything possible to get the site
back up and running. This is a very serious attack,' said the editor-in-chief
of the St. Petersburg-based online newspaper.
Other sites affected
include Novaya Gazeta and Ekho Moskvy in St Petersburg. Popular online TV
network Dozhd posted a statement on Facebook, explaining the situation. 'Dear
friends, the site www.tvrain.ru is temporarily unavailable - we are under DDoS
attack.'
The statement
described the attack as 'more serious than we initially thought', but reassured
viewers that they were 'doing everything possible to get back online' and
mentioned that some of their content were available online.
Russian internet
users also reported problems with the nationwide sites for Novaya Gazeta, Ekho
Moskvy and Russian Forbes.Many of the
publications affected are viewed in Russia as less influenced by
self-censorship and more closely aligned to the opposition than mainstream
Russian media.
Later, the Khomyachki
(Little Hamsters) group of 'patriotic hackers' posted a video on its site
claiming responsibility for the attacks, saying they were timed to coincide
with Victory Day.
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