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Kremlin gives no comment on alleged attack on Foreign Ministry’s website

On October 22, CNN reported that a US hacker had attacked the Russian foreign ministry’s website
Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov Mikhail Metzel/TASS
Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov
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MOSCOW, October 24. /TASS/. Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov refused to comment on an alleged hacking attack of the foreign ministry’s old website.

"I have nothing to add to what has already been said", the Kremlin spokesman told reporters.

On October 22, CNN reported that a US hacker had attacked the Russian foreign ministry’s website. The ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said an old website was attacked that had not been functioning for a long time. According to Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, it is too early to draw any conclusions on who may have had a hand in the attack.