German government websites, including Chancellor Angela Merkel’s page, were hacked on Wednesday in an attack claimed by a group demanding Berlin end support for the Ukrainian government, shortly before their leaders were to meet.Authorities took counter-measures but failed to halt the attack, which left the sites periodically inaccessible from 10 a.m. (0900 GMT), her spokesman Steffen Seibert said. Screens gave internet users error messages instead.It was believed to be the first successful prolonged attack on the government’s websites, which intelligence agency officials say face about 3,000 such hacker assaults daily.The head of the BfV domestic intelligence agency said recently about …read more
Source: Egypt Independent
