TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian hacker activist group claims to have infiltrated computers at the country’s largest fertilizer plant to pressure the government to release political prisoners.
The state-run Grodno Azot plant has made no comment on the claim by the Belarusian Cyber-Partisans group to have done damage including destroying backup systems and encrypted internal mail, document flow and hundreds of PCs. However, the company’s website has been unavailable since Wednesday, the day the group claimed the attack.
Group coordinator Yuliana Shametavets told The Associated Press from New York on Friday that because the plant works with dangerous substances including ammonia the attack was designed to affect only documentation.
The group posted photos on social media that it it claimed showed screens of compromised plant computers.
Meghan Markle models 'love like a mother' t
Alabama lawmakers advance bills to ensure Joe Biden is on the state's ballot
Man up for parole more than 2 decades after Dartmouth College professor stabbing deaths
Massive rockfall hits luxury development site in Cornwall earmarked for seven £1m new homes
Man United player Garnacho apologizes for liking critical posts about Ten Hag
'Callous' crook who pretended to be an 82
Supreme Court makes it easier to sue for job discrimination over forced transfers
'I was afraid for my life' — Orlando Bloom puts himself in peril for new TV series
Nicola Peltz cements the end of 'feud' with 'beautiful' mother