The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has been the victim of massive computer hacking. According to its announcements, Wednesday, December 23, its website was the target of a “large-scale cyber attack”. Result: the site of the ECHR was temporarily inaccessible, even if the press service of the organization assured Agence France-Presse that “at this stage, no loss of data” has been noted. This malicious act was noted just after the publication of a severe judgment on Tuesday, December 22, in which the ECHR strongly condemned Turkey for the detention of a pro-Kurdish opponent, the court said.
The cyberattack, the origin of which has not yet been formally identified and which lasted several hours, was noted “following the delivery of the judgment” made public Tuesday at 3 p.m. (2 p.m. GMT) concerning in particular the detention since November 2016 in the Turkish jails of pro-Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas, said in a statement the ECHR, whose seat is in Strasbourg.
The ECHR already victim of a cyberattack
This “large-scale cyberattack […] made temporarily inaccessible ”the site of the court, indicated the ECHR, which“ deeply deplores this serious incident ”. According to the court’s press service, the attack lasted until Wednesday morning. The site, which had been inaccessible since Tuesday afternoon, was again available for consultation in the middle of the morning, Agence France-Presse found. “We consider the follow-up that we intend to reserve in this case”, further indicated the press service of the court.
This is a priori the second time that the ECHR has been the victim of a cyberattack, “but it is large-scale,” said the press service. The ECHR issued a scathing judgment on Tuesday afternoon in the case of the opponent of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The court, which noted several violations of the European Convention on Human Rights, also demanded the “immediate” release of Selahattin Demirtas.
A judgment denounced by Erdogan
A judgment that Recep Tayyip Erdogan also strongly condemned on Wednesday. “It’s an entirely political decision. […] To demand the release of the one who is responsible for the death of 39 of our fellow citizens is a policy of double standards, it is hypocrisy ”, hammered the Turkish leader in reference to the violent demonstrations which made dozens of deaths in 2014 in south-eastern Turkey and for which the Turkish authorities attribute the responsibility to the leaders of the pro-Kurdish party HDP.
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