Hackers who infiltrated a Russian government website to create an announcement titled “Putin is a D*******” remain at large, Crimean government spokesperson Natalya Kashcheyeva told the Dozhd television channel on Thursday.
Pranksters used the website of the Crimean Industrial Policy Ministry to announce the obscenely titled event on May 25.
The event, which was described on the website as an official photo call, was quickly removed, the Global Voices website reported.
The ministry maintained that it is not responsible for its website security, according to its press service.
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