Information Security News: Cyber Wars: Experts say Armenia IT sector vulnerable to attack

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http://armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&AID=3971&CID=3762&IID=1245&lng=eng

By Georg Khachaturyan
Armenianow.com
24 July, 2009

A cyber security expert has predicted a rise in the number of hacker 
attacks against Armenian web resources pointing an accusatory finger at 
“network hooligans” recruited by Azerbaijani special services.

At a press conference Thursday, independent analyst Samvel Martirosyan 
further argued that the impact of ‘cyber terrorism’ on Armenia will 
become more appreciable with the country’s development and growing 
dependence on information technologies.

“It is one thing in the case with network hooligans, and it is quite a 
different thing when Azerbaijani special services use hacker groups,” 
said Martirosyan.

Martirosyan echoed the widespread concerns and speculations among cyber 
experts in Armenia that Azerbaijani special services may have been 
behind the recent attacks against several government and media websites 
in Armenia resulting in their temporary disruptions.

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