Balatarin hacked

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The website has been filtered on the internet in Iran since A campaign was launched by several Persian language bloggers to support the return of the website. Balatarin was reborn at the end of last week with a temporary website, and a message saying that the hackers had transferred the domains and assigned them to new DNS servers making the website was inaccessible.

For more information on Balatarin , you can read a previous interview on Global Voices with its founder, Mehdi Yahyanejad. Legofish , an Iranian blogger and designer says [fa]:. Z8unak writes [fa]:. Updateblog considers [fa] Balatarin the best Iranian social media website. The blogger hopes the situation will return to normal as soon as possible. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building community and defending human rights can positively influence how people experience events happening beyond their own communities and national borders.

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Iran: Balatarin, a popular community website was hacked. Written by Fred Petrossian. Posted 4 February GMT. Share this:. Share this: twitter facebook reddit Email. Support our work Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building community and defending human rights can positively influence how people experience events happening beyond their own communities and national borders.

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