{"id":186602,"date":"2026-05-07T11:25:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/186602\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:25:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:25:25","slug":"belarusian-library-kamunikat-org-down-after-devastating-attack-by-hackers","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/186602\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian library kamunikat.org down after devastating attack by hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kamunikat_org_logo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kamunikat_org_logo.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kamunikat_org_logo-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kamunikat_org_logo-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kamunikat_org_logo-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kamunikat_org_logo-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May<\/strong><strong> 7, <\/strong><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>The Belarusian online library kamunikat.org is down following an attack by hackers on its computer system, Jarasla\u016d Ivaniuk, leader of the project, said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made it clear that some data have been stolen: \u201cI must admit that the attack destroyed the more-than-25-year work of many people, but we are not giving up.\u201d He linked the attack to Belarus\u2019 secret services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that it may take long to restore the archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 Committee for State Security (KGB) declared the kamunikat.org foundation an extremist group on March 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country\u2019s information ministry branded its content \u201cextremist\u201d in September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">KGB brands three exiled independent Belarusian publishers as extremist<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 9, Pozirk. The Committee for State Security (KGB) branded the coalition of the Kamunikat.org Foundation, the Lohvinau Publishing House and Andrei Yanushkevich Publishing as an &quot;extremist&quot; group on March 3 amid a major crackdown on Belarusian-language publishers. The KGB &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/178595\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 7, Pozirk. The Belarusian online library kamunikat.org is down following an attack by hackers on its computer system, Jarasla\u016d Ivaniuk, leader of the project, said on Facebook. 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