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German government websites, including Angela Merkel's page, have been hacked in a cyber-attack claimed by a group demanding that Berlin sever official ties with the Ukrainian government.
The attack, against which counter-measures were taken, had left the sites periodically inaccessible since 10am (09.00 GMT) on Wednesday, Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said.
"Our service provider's data centre is under a severe attack that has apparently been caused by a variety of external systems," he told a news conference when asked if Ukrainian hackers were responsible.
In a statement on its website, a group calling itself CyberBerkut took responsibility.
German chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin.
Berkut is a reference to the riot squads used by the government of Ukraine's former pro-Kremiln president Viktor Yanukovych, who was ousted during violent protests last February.
"CyberBerkut has blocked German Chancellor and the Bundestag's (lower parliamentary house) websites,".
The claim could not be independently verified.
"We appeal [to] all people and [the] government of Germany to stop financial and political support of criminal regime in Kiev, which unleashed a bloody civil war," it said.
Ukraine's prime minister, Arseny Yatseniuk, is due to meet the German president, Joachim Gauck, in Berlin later on Wednesday.
Source: The Guardian
The attack, against which counter-measures were taken, had left the sites periodically inaccessible since 10am (09.00 GMT) on Wednesday, Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said.
"Our service provider's data centre is under a severe attack that has apparently been caused by a variety of external systems," he told a news conference when asked if Ukrainian hackers were responsible.
In a statement on its website, a group calling itself CyberBerkut took responsibility.
German chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin.
Berkut is a reference to the riot squads used by the government of Ukraine's former pro-Kremiln president Viktor Yanukovych, who was ousted during violent protests last February.
"CyberBerkut has blocked German Chancellor and the Bundestag's (lower parliamentary house) websites,".
The claim could not be independently verified.
"We appeal [to] all people and [the] government of Germany to stop financial and political support of criminal regime in Kiev, which unleashed a bloody civil war," it said.
Ukraine's prime minister, Arseny Yatseniuk, is due to meet the German president, Joachim Gauck, in Berlin later on Wednesday.
Source: The Guardian
