Hackers fell Myanmar government's Web site

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The Associated Press

YANGON, Myanmar (August 3, 2000 11:02 a.m. EDT
http://www.nandotimes.com) - Myanmar telecommunications engineers
restored the military government's Web site Thursday after hackers
shut it down, a military intelligence officer said.

An officer of the Directorate of Defense Services Intelligence said
myanmar.com was closed down by hackers Wednesday, but declined to
elaborate. He spoke on customary condition of anonymity.

The Web site gives the military regime's side in a propaganda war
dominated by overseas supporters of the democratic opposition led by
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party won general elections in
1990 but was not allowed to take power.

It also gives information in English, French and Japanese to visitors
to Myanmar, also known as Burma.

Only government ministries and some business organizations in Myanmar
have access to the Web, and just a few hundred domestic users have
e-mail. The government keeps tight control on all media.

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