The Nobel Peace Prize Web site came under cyber attack from Taiwan, Norwegian telecoms operator Telenor stated yesterday, less than 3 weeks after jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the award.
“The site was compromised, or as is more commonly said, ‘hacked,’ ” the computer security director at Telenor told AFP, confirming other reports. Visitors to the Web site risked infection by a ‘Trojan horse’ virus that are difficult to detect.
The Nobel Institute in Oslo said it had heard of the attack, but said the Web site was now back to normal.
