Maestro and Imedi TV companies hacked again
The first wave of hacker attacks was carried out against 2,000 websites including Maestro and Imedi TV on October 28. Photo: Maestro TV/Facebook
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Repeated hacker attacks have been carried out against Maestro and Imedi TV companies after the large cyber attack of October 28.
Yet another cyber attack has been carried out against Maestro TV”, the TV company announced on its Facebook page today.
Maestro TV further informed that the attack has damaged its servers and internal channels and that its official Facebook page also operates with delays.
Imedi TV also reported that the company was attacked late last night for about half an hour. Based on their IT specialists, the TV company said it was “a crypto virus, which encrypts and damages video files”.
Currently the system is being restored. The amount of damage has not yet been defined”, Imedi TV stated.
The first wave of hacker attacks was carried out against 2,000 websites including Maestro and Imedi TV on October 28.
The Georgian Interior Ministry announced today that it has started an investigation into the recent e-mail threats against the President of Georgia and several media outlets.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has questioned several people regarding a cyber-attack on thousands of websites including the President of Georgia, courts, media, local self-governments and NGOs.
Hacker attacks have been carried out against Georgian TV companies, Maestro and Imedi, the head of TV Imedi information service, Irakli Chikhladze reported.
Hacker attacks have been carried out against 2,000 websites including that of the President of Georgia, Courts of Georgia, NGOs, local self-governments and private organizations. Hacker attack victim sites are mainly hosted on the Proservice server. The company says that “this is a global flow and they are working to eliminate and fix the problem”.