August 17, 2009 - 16:23 AMT
Attacks on Armenian sites aimed at testing vulnerability of infrastructure
Attacks on Armenian sites are aimed at testing vulnerable spots in the infrastructure of the Armenian virtual network, Samvel Martirosyan information security expert and Eduard Abrahamyan , expert of the Mitk analytical center told a press conference in Yerevan today devoted to issues of "Information security, current tasks".
The experts expressed their opinions that attacks resemble military exercises and are aimed at identifying "holes" in the Armenian network.
According to them, hacker attacks enhance the professional level of our specialists, in the area of ensuring safety of Armenian web sites, if they would work hard to eliminate the detected "holes", rather than trying to hide the facts of hacking for their prestige.