BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

30/04/2008

Radio stations 'cyberattacked' on Chernobyl anniversary

On the 22nd anniversary of the Chernobyl, Ukraine, nuclear catastrophe, which occurred April 26, 1986, Web sites run by US Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), based in Eastern Europe, were "cyberattacked," according to the Associated Press.

Eight Web sites were knocked offline or "otherwise affected" for more than two days, the article says: Belarus, Kosovo, Azerbaijan, Tatar-Bashkir, Radio Farda, South Slavicm Russian and Tajik.

RFE/RL President Jeffery Gedmin said the attack is a symptom of government infringement on free speech. It is still unclear who was behind the attack, RFE/RL reports.

RFE/RL is an independent, international news and broadcast organization whose programming - radio, Internet and television - reaches audiences in 21 countries.

Source:

http://www.ijnet.org/Director.aspx?P=Article&ID=307601&LID=1

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