Merkel site hacked ahead of visit

A German official says Chancellor Angela Merkel’s website and several other German government sites have been blocked, and a pro-Russian organisation has claimed responsibility.

Merkel site hacked ahead of visit
Wed, 07 Jan, 2015 - 14:41

A German official says Chancellor Angela Merkel’s website and several other German government sites have been blocked, and a pro-Russian organisation has claimed responsibility.

A pro-Russian organisation calling itself CyberBerkut claimed on its website to have blocked the official sites of Ms Merkel and the German Parliament ahead of a visit to Berlin by Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

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