DVB website attacked by the pro-military hacker

Democratic Voice of Burma (known as DVB) is one of the main information Myanmar-websites for those who are interested in Myanmar news. The Oslo-based DVB ‘s radio and TV are very popular among the millions of Myanmar people. The major source of information and TV footage of Saffron Revolution led by the Buddhist monks in September 2007 and the recent Cyclone Nargis disaster were the roles of DVB in spreading Myanmar news to the international media organizations.

DVB website has been attacked by pro-military hacker. The site was inaccessible to visit since July 20. The hacker attacked a DDoS and trying shut down the site from internet. In 2007, during the Saffron Revolution ,irrawaddy.com , one of Myanmar news website was also attacked to disable a website. This is a malicious attacking and the hacker can be considered as the pro-military hacker who are currently studying in Russia. They are very often hacking the Myanmar news websites because they are scared of monks and medias since last year September.