bianet.org became the target of a heavy cyber attack that started at 3.30 pm on Tuesday (18 May). Broadcasting was resumed at 11.20 pm after the attack has been continuing non-stop.

This cyber attack was not related to a hacking attempt. Access to the bianet.org site was prevented due to a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) caused by a very large number of computers that were connected to the server at the same time. Our information suggests that this was an organized attack and that tens of thousands of computers were controlled for the attack via Trojans.

The attack is currently still going on but publication can be continued on the grounds of the measures taken. The Independent Communication Network (BİA) is going to lodge a criminal complaint related to the attack.

We hereby announce that we are going to carry on publishing under alternative addresses in case we should become the subject of similar attacks in the future. If this should occur, the alternative address will be published on Twitter and via other channels.

We would like to thank our readers and colleagues who are showing their solidarity.