Presidential administration affected by 'Chernobyl' virus

There have been no registered cases of stealing the databases through the internet from governmental agencies. However, the web-sites of some ministries and agencies were exposed to hacking attacks, Andrei Miklashevich, a deputy chief of the IT crime task force at the Interior Ministry, said in a statement. Hackers attacked the sites of the Interior Ministry, Foreign Ministry, the Academy of Management under the President of Belarus and several newspapers. Miklashevich said some attacks originated from the territory of Bulgaria or Turkey. This information has been shared with the law-enforcement agencies of the two countriesm reports Belapan.

Viruses remain a serious problem for computer networks. Miklashevich recalled that about seven years ago the networks at the Office of the President were affected by the so called "Chernobyl" virus. Many computers had to be reinstalled then.