KGB puts on Anonymous mask: Belpartizan website hacked

Hackers from the law enforcement agencies threaten to hack the websites of Charter'97 and Viasna human rights centre.

“Belorusski Partizan”, a Belarusian independent website, has been hacked today, April 25.

A message from anonymous hackers was left on the site's main page. The hackers say they are “followers of Anonymous group”.

Anonymous is a group promoting the ideas of anonymity and freedom on the internet. Anonymous stands against internet censorship, persecution and control. The group hacked various state website sin protest and carried out attacks on big security organisations. The group members and supporters often wear Guy Fawkes masks, a symbol of the movement. The Guy Fawkes mask is also a symbol of fighting against repressive governments, as shown in the film V for Vendetta.  

Hackers from the law enforcement agencies says they “could have hacked you [Belorusski Partizan”], Charter'97, Viasna human rights centre and many other sites long ago, but we give you an opportunity to work under our control.”

The website of Charter'97 was really attacked two days ago. The website remained blocked for an hour due to a DDoS attack, but the tech support team managed to cope with the problem. The analysis of the botnet involved in the attack shows the Russian-Belarusian-Ukrainian trace (more than 60% of IP addresses are Ukrainian and 30% are Belarusian).

The first time when our technical support team noticed suspicious activity and mass hacking attempts was a month ago (March 20). We also faced attempts of putting the website into the database of infected websites on false reports.

The analysis of the traffic for our website and “Belorusski Partizan” shows a unusual sharp decline in visitors in the last three days. It is probably connected with enabling additional blocking tools for our website inside the country. If you find our website blocked, please report to charter97@gmail.com.