{"id":39982,"date":"2016-04-03T21:40:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T17:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3849eb0208.nxcli.io\/?p=39982"},"modified":"2016-04-03T21:44:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T17:44:02","slug":"cyberwar-turkish-vs-armenian-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hackread.com\/cyberwar-turkish-vs-armenian-hackers\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Cyberwar, it’s Turkish vs Armenian Hackers Amid Nagorno-Karabakh Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turkish hackers have been targeting Armenian websites and Armenian hackers are targeting Azerbaijani government — Meanwhile Azerbaijani hackers are missing from the picture<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/h4>\n

A group of Turkish hackers going by the online handle of Turk Hack Team (THT<\/a><\/strong>) have decided to side with Azerbaijan over the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and conducted a series of cyber attacks on Armenian servers earlier today. The group countering the attack is\u00a0Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA) from Armenia who shut down Azerbaijani government servers yesterday as a show of power.<\/span><\/p>\n

The THT group is known for their<\/span>\u00a0powerful DDoSing<\/b><\/a>\u00a0capabilities which were<\/span>\u00a0demonstrated on\u00a0the official website of Vatican City<\/b><\/a>\u00a0against PopeFrancis’ comment\u00a0in which he used the word \u2018genocide\u2019 to refer to mass killings of Armenians by Turks. While the MMCA is not far behind. The army of hackers is known for defacing and leaking sensitive data<\/a><\/strong> from Azerbaijani government servers to claim their hold on the\u00a0Nagorno-Karabakh region.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ongoing cyber war:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The recent cyber war started when at least<\/span>\u00a030 soldiers were killed<\/b><\/a>\u00a0in fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The governments of both countries are blaming each other but the hackers decided to take matters into their own hands and conducted cyber attacks to register their protest.<\/span><\/p>\n

Websites\u00a0shut down by Turkish attackers:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

According to a<\/span>\u00a0Pastebin link<\/b><\/a>\u00a0by THT,\u00a0\u201cIn connection to the recent tension between Armenia and\u00a0Azerbaijan, we \u2013 the management and members of TurkHackTeam, have sided with Azerbaijan against Armenia the offender. We have conducted a wide-ranging cyber attack and have been\u00a0successful\u00a0at closing all access to sites belonging to the following parties including Armenian government portal,\u00a0National Bank of Armenia,\u00a0National Security Service of Armenia,\u00a0National Bank of Armenia and Armenian Ministry of Energy and economy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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#STOP<\/a> LYING!#Azerbaijan<\/a> news website aze.az got down by #MMCA<\/a> hackers! @Karabakh_MoD<\/a> #karabakh<\/a> #armenia<\/a> #artsakh<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/l67LjSR0XC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 MMCyberArmy (@mmca_official) April 2, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n