Yerevan, August 30 /Mediamax/. www.banks.am internet-project of Mediamax Agency underwent an attack from a computer, located in the capital of Azerbaijan - Baku.

Mediamax reports that as a result of the attack, the news section of Banks.am financial portal got disabled. The protection system did not allow the malefactors completely breaking down the website.

The specialists of Mediamax found out that the attack on www.banks.am was carried out from the computer having 81.17.95.29 IP-Address, located in the capital of Azerbaijan - Baku. The given IP-Address is registered in the network of the Azerbaijani Bakinter ISP-provider.

At present the specialists of Mediamax are carrying out work to reestablish the normal work of www.banks.am portal.

“About 20 days ago, www.banks.am underwent an analogous attack, and we have grounds to believe that the most popular banking website in Armenia became a target for purposeful actions of the Azerbaijani hackers. At present, we take up additional efforts to strengthen the protection system of the portal. We hope that our permanent visitors will take an understanding view of the situation”, Director of Mediamax Agency Ara Tadevosyan stated.