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Pro-Russian Group Claims Cyber Attack on German Government Websites


German government websites, including Chancellor Angela Merkel’s page, were hacked on Wednesday in a cyber attack claimed by a group demanding that Berlin sever official ties with the Ukrainian government.

The attack, against which counter-measures were taken, had left the sites periodically inaccessible since 10 a.m. (0900 GMT), her spokesman Steffen Seibert said.

“Our service provider’s data center is under a severe attack that has apparently been caused by a variety of external systems,” he told a news conference when asked if Ukrainian hackers were responsible.

In a statement on its website, a group calling itself CyberBerkut took responsibility.

“Berkut” is a reference to …read more

Source: Voice of America

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