Website of Russia’s Kremlin, Central Bank hit by ‘powerful’ cyber attack
Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:00
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REUTERS: Hackers knocked out the Russian presidency’s website several times on Friday and brought down the Central Bank website, the Kremlin press service said.
“A powerful cyber attack is under way on the (Kremlin) site,” a Kremlin spokesman said, adding that the attack was continuing and security experts were trying to prevent further disruptions.
She did not say who was believed to be behind the cyber attack.
Hackers also brought down the Russian Central Bank’s website on Friday before a meeting on interest rates, the bank said.
“The site of the Central Bank is experiencing problems due to a hacker attack,” the Bank of Russia said in a statement.
The site, www.cbr.ru, went down on Friday morning and the bank said it was trying to resolve the problem.
The Central Bank is widely expected to keep key rates unchanged after raising them two weeks ago, after a declaration by President Vladimir Putin that Russia has the right to invade Ukraine sent the rouble and Moscow stocks tumbling.
