{"id":58947,"date":"2024-01-03T18:24:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T15:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=58947"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"readers-cant-access-belarusian-state-news-site-from-abroad","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/58947\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers can&#8217;t access Belarusian state news site from abroad"},"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\/2024\/01\/belta-tut.by-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/belta-tut.by-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/belta-tut.by-1128-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/belta-tut.by-1128-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/belta-tut.by-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Bie\u0142TA office in Minsk\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Tut.by archive)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 3, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Foreign readers cannot access the state news agency <em>Bie\u0142TA<\/em> (BelTA) after the Cyberpartisans group claimed to have hacked the site. Readers in Belarus can access it as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bie\u0142TA<\/em>&#8216;s news feed gives the impression that it was down for less than 2.5 hours on December 31, the day of the alleged attack. The agency&#8217;s Telegram channel did not publish any links to the website that day, and visitors saw opposition content on the <em>Bie\u0142TA<\/em> portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 31, Cyberpartisans said they damaged the news agency\u2019s internal network and domain controllers and downloaded 90 gigabytes of business, accounting, and employee records and an archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Propagandists from the Belarusian Telegraph Agency harm the Belarusian people just like the interior ministry\u2019s punitive squads and \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s special services. During all the years of his dictatorship, they have been poisoning Belarusians\u2019 minds with lies and manipulation to please the tyrant. That is why we have delivered a blow to <em>Bie\u0142TA<\/em>\u2018s computer network to paralyze the work of pro-government propaganda websites, and erase backups,&#8221; the hacktivist group said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 3, Pozirk. Foreign readers cannot access the state news agency Bie\u0142TA (BelTA) after the Cyberpartisans group claimed to have hacked the site. Readers in Belarus can access it as usual. Bie\u0142TA&#8216;s news feed gives the impression that it was down for less than 2.5 hours on December 31, the day of the alleged attack. 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