ARMENIAN IT SECURITY EXPERT WARNS OF HACKING RISKS

12:36 * 21.04.15

April 23 and 24 are expected to be risky days for Armenian web domains,
as the country is preparing to marke the Genocide anniversary, a
cyber security expert said today, noting that the days traditionally
see increased bullying attempts by Turkish hackers.

“What we can normally expect these days is massive attacks against the
[local] websites. A special target may be the news websites, especially
those covering the Genocide issue. That’s what has been the case for
several years running; not absolutely very year, but there have been
a few serious attacks. Over the past years, the Azerbaijani hackers
have been involved the Genocide denial propaganda more actively than
the Turks,” Samvel Martirosyan told reporters on Tuesday.

The expert noted that the passiveness of the Armenian websites
logically diverts attention to the Turkish web resources which he
said normally spread disinformation.

Martirosyan added that they now observe higher activeness by Turkish
and Azerbaijani hackers, as the year marks the centenary of Genocide.

“The term Armenian Genocide was never before searched so much in
Google as it was in the past fortnight. So we are in for risky days,”
he warned.