Balkan Investigative Reporting Network hit by a DDoS attack

The websites of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network and one of its Greek partners were subjected to a DDoS attack by Turkish attackers on Saturday morning, following the publication of an investigation into controversial Turkish businessman Yasam Ayavefe, who was convicted of defrauding online gamblers in his home country in 2017 and arrested in Greece in 2019. 

The attack began on Saturday morning and continued on Sunday. BIRN's server was not compromised, but BIRN's website, "Balkan Insight", was completely inaccessible. 

BIRN's technical experts determined that the attack was specifically aimed at taking down the page investigating how a Turkish businessman, convicted of fraud. 

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