Report about hacked government agencies’ websites untrue

/By Azernews/

By Amina Nazarli

Reports claiming that a group of Armenian hackers hacked a number of government websites in Azerbaijan do not correspond to reality.

Deputy Communications and High-Tech Minister Iltimas Mammadov announced about this while talking to Day.az on April 5. He added that the information spread by the Armenian side is provocative.

“Personally, I do not have any information on the matter. And if any website would actually be hacked, my colleagues and I would have been aware of this,” Mammadov said.

Information that allegedly Armenian hackers gained access to the personal data of 25,000 military of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces also contradicts the reality, he added.

Earlier, several reports appeared in the Armenian segment of social networks claiming that Armenian hackers broke into some government websites of Azerbaijan.

Long-simmering tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan flared again on April 2 when the Armenian side began to shell the Azerbaijani positions and settlements along the frontline.

To protect civilian population, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces launched counter attacks and repulsed the enemy forces back. Six Armenian tanks, 15 gun mounts and reinforced engineering structures have been destroyed and more than 100 Armenian servicemen were wounded and killed during the shootouts.

Twelve servicemen of the Azerbaijani armed forces heroically died, one Mi-24 helicopter was shot down and one tank damaged by a mine.

Despite Azerbaijan's decision on unilateral suspension of the counter-attacks and response measures in the territories occupied by Armenia, the Armenian Armed Forces resumed shelling of Azerbaijani positions along the line of contact on the night of April 4, further deteriorating the situation on the contact line.