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.
Increased bullying attempts by Turkish hackers are possible on April 23-24: Samvel Martirosyan
STEPANAKERT, APRIL 21, ARTSAKHPRESS։ “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.
