Re: Armenia and the information war
Armenia should think about protecting its sites
13.08.2009 14:43 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia should think about protecting its sites first rather then inflict retaliatory strikes, Stepan Aslanyan, director of the Smart Systems Armenian company told a press conference devoted to “Information war and massive attacks on Armenian sites by Azeri hackers” today.
According to him, out of about 500 sites serviced by Smart Systems 60 came under attack. Stepan Aslanyan reminded, that there are no fully secure sites either in Armenia, or elsewhere, there are cases of hacking, even the Pentagon's website.
Stepan Aslanyan also noted, that the time necessary to restore the hacked sites is also an important indicator. Some sites of Armenian ministries, hacked on August 7, has not yet been restored. In this regard, the Mr. Aslanyan noted that bring up an example of how some hacked government sites were restored after several minutes, while the site of Pentagon was restored after a few seconds.
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Armenia to have an expert group fighting hacker attacks
13.08.2009 16:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia is going to have an expert group fighting hacker attacks against Armenian Web sites, Smart System Armenian company’s director Stpen Aslanyan told today a news conference devoted to “Information wars and Azeri hackers’ mass attacks against Armenian Web sites”.
According to him, “Strictly organized” attacks against Armenian Web sites in .am zone were launched simultaneously by several states, with the overwhelming majority of hackers being Azeris. And that created the necessity of setting up an expert group ensuring the security of Armenian Web sites. It’s hard to say now whether such mass attacks are funded by Azerbaijani government, Aslanyan said.
Over 70 individuals, including technical specialists and journalists, have expressed willingness to join the group. There are no representatives of state government bodies among them. Additional 10 days are required for finally forming the group, company’s director said, adding that they ruled out illegal activities, such as breaking Azerbaijani or any other Web sites.
Armenia should think about protecting its sites
13.08.2009 14:43 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia should think about protecting its sites first rather then inflict retaliatory strikes, Stepan Aslanyan, director of the Smart Systems Armenian company told a press conference devoted to “Information war and massive attacks on Armenian sites by Azeri hackers” today.
According to him, out of about 500 sites serviced by Smart Systems 60 came under attack. Stepan Aslanyan reminded, that there are no fully secure sites either in Armenia, or elsewhere, there are cases of hacking, even the Pentagon's website.
Stepan Aslanyan also noted, that the time necessary to restore the hacked sites is also an important indicator. Some sites of Armenian ministries, hacked on August 7, has not yet been restored. In this regard, the Mr. Aslanyan noted that bring up an example of how some hacked government sites were restored after several minutes, while the site of Pentagon was restored after a few seconds.
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Armenia to have an expert group fighting hacker attacks
13.08.2009 16:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia is going to have an expert group fighting hacker attacks against Armenian Web sites, Smart System Armenian company’s director Stpen Aslanyan told today a news conference devoted to “Information wars and Azeri hackers’ mass attacks against Armenian Web sites”.
According to him, “Strictly organized” attacks against Armenian Web sites in .am zone were launched simultaneously by several states, with the overwhelming majority of hackers being Azeris. And that created the necessity of setting up an expert group ensuring the security of Armenian Web sites. It’s hard to say now whether such mass attacks are funded by Azerbaijani government, Aslanyan said.
Over 70 individuals, including technical specialists and journalists, have expressed willingness to join the group. There are no representatives of state government bodies among them. Additional 10 days are required for finally forming the group, company’s director said, adding that they ruled out illegal activities, such as breaking Azerbaijani or any other Web sites.
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