Criticism of Russian hacker attack on Twitter

The daily Diena criticises the attack of Russian hackers on the micro-blog service Twitter which blocked the system for over an hour last week: "This not only drew attention to the vulnerability of virtual communication but also to the fact that the battle against the free word and 'false' views has become a global threat to people's right to free exchange of information. … Russian hackers have impressive resources at their disposition that can be used against millions of people all over the world. The mullahs in Iran would no doubt like to get their hands on such knowledge because Twitter is one of the protest movement's main means of communication. The free word is of inestimable importance for democracy, and its opponents fight it accordingly. But such actions are by no means simply an 'internal affair' for authoritarian states."

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