About 50 Armenian websites attacked by Azerbaijani hackers in 2010

PanARMENIAN.Net - About 50 Armenian websites were attacked by Azerbaijani hackers in 2010, majority of them being recovered within several hours.

“Armenian hackers also attacked several dozens of Azerbaijani sites, mostly over the recent incidents at the line of contact between NKR and Azerbaijani armed forces,” senior expert at Noravank information security center Samvel Martirosyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

“Theoretically, hackers may be punished in compliance with the convention on cybercrimes signed by both countries. Practically, it’s impossible, as the state can’t punish a patriot,” he said.

Armenia and Azerbaijan are in the top five of countries subject to hacker attacks, the fact conditioned by insufficient use of antivirus software and Firewall.

According to Armen Karapetyan, director of Softline company representing Kaspersky, AVG, McAfee, Avast and Symatec in Armenia, the situation tends to improve.

“Piracy and usage of unauthorized antivirus software reduced by 5% and 10% respectively in Armenia as compared with 2009,” Karapetyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

“The memorandum of understanding signed between the RA Ministry of Economy and Kaspersky Laboratory envisages a 40-80% discount for state agencies, scientific centers, students, libraries , museums and medical institutions. We have launched an unlimited campaign, offering students to obtain Kaspersky antivirus with a 40% discount,” he said.