Gorbachev site hacked
p2pnet.net News:- http://www.gorby.ru/en/default.asp, a web site for a foundation run by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, has been attacked by hackers who accuse him of, “brutally suppressing a pro-independence demonstration in Soviet Azerbaijan in 1990,” says Associated Press.
“The perpetrators posted photographs of the suppressed rally on the Web site and published an open letter to the former leader, blaming him for the deaths of more 130 people – a tragedy known in Azerbaijan as the Black January,” says the story.
The site was still down when we went for a look at 9:04 am PST today.
“It was unclear if the site’s owners took it down after learning of the hack, or if it was taken down by hackers,” says AP, adding:
“Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990, Gorbachev maintains an active public life running the Gorbachev Foundation – an organization that deals with international issues including globalization, security, weapons of mass destruction, environmental and natural resources and poverty.”
According to a Google cache item, the most recent post on the site wasGorbachev returns to Russia post-surgery, an AP piece from December 14 last year.
Also See:
Associated Press – Hackers attack Gorbachev’s Web site, January 21, 2007
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