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Belarus: Crowdsourced DDoS Attack Attempts to Put Down President's Website

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Belarus, Breaking News, Digital Activism, Economics & Business, Human Rights, Politics, Technology, War & Conflict, RuNet Echo

The website [1] of Belorusian president Alexander Lukashenko is under attack by a crowdsourced DDoS attack [2] hosted by PutinVzrivayetDoma.org, lenta.ru reported [3] [ru]. @putinvzrivaet explained [4] the purpose[ru]: “Because he [Lukashenko] had blew such a country.” Previously, Ukraine-based @putinvzrivaet scheduled attacks on many other commercial and political websites. So far, however, presidential website is accessible.