Hacker attacks on government web sites of Armenia may occur this DecemberNovember 4, 2009 - 15:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "After several Armenian governmental web sites had been attacked by Turkish and Azeri hackers in August 2009, the Information and Public Relations Center of the Armenia's President administration and experts of Helix Consulting conducted 99 state sites to identify their weaknesses," Aram Mkhitaryan , Director of Helix Consulting told a press conference in Yerevan today. According Aram Mkhitaryan, the results of the survey have been passed to relevant authorities and for the moment all identified deficiencies are corrected. According to Mr. Mkhitaryan, it is impossible to inflict the final defeat to the enemy in the information war, since it is a long process. Speaking about the possibility of further hacker attacks on government websites of Armenia, Director of Helix Consulting noted that they might happen in December this year - "since during holidays there is no one to monitor the sites. " He also added that the bulk of these hacker attacks on government sites of Armenia have not an organized character. "But this does not mean we should exclude the possibility of the latter," Aram Mkhitaryan said. 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. |