Posted on 11/15/2002 10:55:32 AM PST by Destro
Friday, Nov. 15, 2002. Page 4
Rebel Web Sites Hit by Cyber War
Reuters Chechen separatists say the Federal Security Service, or FSB, is behind the collapse of two web sites that form a key source of news for the rebel area.
The two sites, Kavkaz.org and Chechenpress.com, collapsed under a barrage of attacks from computer hackers just after last month's theater siege.
"On Oct. 26 ... our web site Kavkaz.org was attacked by a group of hackers," said a spokesman for the U.S.-registered site, run by Movladi Udugov, a former Chechen minister now in exile.
Udugov's site and Chechen Press, which resumed operations after a few days, have been a valuable source of alternative information for those monitoring the conflict in Chechnya.
The FSB declined to comment on what it called the web sites' "criminal activities."
"They are just lying, they have a tradition of lying, that is their ethic," FSB spokesman Andrei Larushin said.
Udugov moved his site to Kavkazcenter.com, but by early November that also came under electronic attack and was not working Thursday.
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