Russia Launches Case against Hacker for Blocking Putin's Website

Criminal proceedings have been launched against Siberian hacker on charges of having committed cyber attacks aimed at Russian President Vladimir Putin's website, the local Federal Security Service (FSB, successor organization of the KGB) branch for the Krasnoyarsk Territory reported on Monday. The Federal Security Service reported that a 30-year-old Krasnoyarsk resident blocked the president's website to support the opposition rally "March of Millions" using computer programs specially designed for blocking computer data without authorization. "The defendant does not plead guilty. He told investigators that he did not know the program could be harmful and can block websites. But the investigators found that the defendant consciously used the program to unleash a cyber attack against the president's website," the service's report reads. The suspect faces up to four years in prison.

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