Baku / 20.05.20 / Turan: The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemned the latest cyber attacks on Turan websites.
“Independent news agency @TuranAgentliyi is under repeated #DDos attacks! Each time after publishing critical materials on rights' violation of opposition activists”.
@RSF_inter calls on the authorities to shed light on these #cyberattacks,” the RSF press release said on the RSF Twitter page.
Recall that from May 15 until the morning of May 19, the websites Turan.az and Contact.az underwent a massive cyber attack and were blocked twice. At the same time, some of the published materials disappeared. Thanks to the measures taken, the work of the sites was restored, including the destroyed materials. -02B-
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