Armenian IT expert warns of Azerbaijani hacker threats

The Azerbaijani hackers may intensify their attacks against Armenian websites ahead of January 20 anniversary of the Khojalu events, an Armenian IT specialist has said.

At a news conference on Tuesday, Samvel Martirosyan warned that it is mostly the websites with low security protection that become frequent targets of bullying. He particularly referred to the official websites of the Foreign Ministry and the Armenian president as the least protected sites.

“All the other websites are very frequently hacked. Very often the site’s management seem to be unaware of the hacking,” Martirosyan noted.

Commenting on the media coverage of yesterday’s family murder in Gyumri, the expert said he finds that the news agencies were the quickest to react. “If we look from the general perspective, the first reports on the events were from news agencies; the Russian press did not provide more detailed news. Only after the reports by the Defense and Foreign Ministries did the Russian press start writing about it. Obviously, there was a control,” he added.