Yesterday the anonymous hackers have established a communication line with our editorial staff through a fake Facebook address, ordering to cancel from our archive this article on Azerbaijan:

http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Regions-and-countries/Azerbaijan/Corruption-and-oil-in-Azerbaijan-109421

If the article disappears, it is stated in the post, the cyber attacks will stop. Soon after our servers in Germany and the UK were attacked and turned off, and we received a new post threatening further consequences, i.e. the destruction of all our informatics system.

Over the past 10 years, since we started our work, the guiding line of Osservatorio has always been the interest and right of the reader to a free information. We want to continue along this way, and therefore cannot accept being blackmailed. However, we are aware of the fact that our enemy – be it a government or private group – does not fail in resources, and that our survival on the web is at stake. In the next few days we will keep you informed of the developments. Hopefully.