Russia media outlets report hacker attacksMay 6, 2012 - 16:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The websites of a number of independent media outlets reported coming under apparent hacker attack on Sunday, May 6, as thousands gathered in downtown Moscow for an anti-Putin protest, RIA Novosti reports. “Our programmers have confirmed this is a DDoS attack and are trying to get the website back up,” the online TV channel Dozhd said in a Twitter. Other websites affected were the Moscow-based Ekho-Moskvy radio station, the newswire slon.ru and the Kommersant newspaper. Opposition media also reported hacker attacks during previous large-scale protest rallies this winter and spring. Sunday’s rally comes on the eve of the inauguration of Vladimir Putin as Russian president. Putin won a landslide victory in March elections marred by allegations of vote fraud to secure a third term in the Kremlin after being forced to step down by the Constitution in 2008. Some 8,000 people are currently gathered in downtown Moscow ahead of the rally, police said. Eyewitness at the scene, including a RIA Novosti correspondent gave the figure as around twice that. Some 3,000 people have also pledged on social network sites to hold an illegal march toward the Kremlin later this evening. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |