Pro-Russian Group Claims Cyber Attack on German Government Websites

German government websites, including Chancellor Angela Merkel's page, were hacked on Wednesday 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 10 a.m. (0900 GMT), her spokesman Steffen Seibert said. “Our service provider's data center is under a severe attack that has apparently been caused by a variety of...

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