A new wave of hacker attacks was recently launched against Armenian Web sites. While trying to open some of them, users encounter messages by "Iraqi hackers" - such is the nickname of the trespassers who left their contacts and a warning.

Hackers have this time targeted the Web sites of RA Agriculture and Urban Development Ministries. Earlier, they had attacked the sites of RA Football Federation, Diaspora Ministry and BTA Bank. Some of the damaged sites were restored to normal operation.

Attacked by hackers Saturday, Iran's Armenian Diaspora Web site (www. iranahayer.com) contains a statement saying that hackers did not manage to completely damage the Web page and deleted only recent news and comments. Site administration reports it will post the news again but will not manage to restore deleted comments.

Earlier, www.mineconomy.am Web site was reported to be inaccessible because of some technical problems which were shortly after eliminated by specialists. Later, it became known that hackers had managed to damage the site's post service, thus gaining access to ministry staff's mail correspondence.