Hacktivists Shut Down Top State-Owned Belarusian News Agency

Belarusian Cyber-Partisans Claim New Year's Weekend Attack Wiped Servers, Backups
Over the New Year's holiday weekend, Belarusian hacktivists shut down the country's leading state-owned media outlet, claiming they had wiped the main website servers and backups of BelTA. The group said its actions had been retaliation against President Alexander Lukashenko's propaganda campaign.

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