Cyber Attack on TV Pirveli - Another independent Broadcasting Company faced the problem. TV Pirveli has been in emergency mode for 13 hours.
"If we look at the surrounding events of TV Pirveli the context is utterly vivid. Moreover processes taking place around "Rustavi 2," namely that Kibar Khalvashi is going to sell the company. This circumstances reveals that Cyber Attack was carried out deliberately and it seems that this is the very special event. Of course, we are not able to say precisely who carried out the Cyber Attack, but given the context, one thing we can really assume that the Cyber Attack is part of an attack on independent media by the government,” - Danelia said.
The chairperson of the non-governmental organization "Georgia"s Democratic Initiative" draws connection between Cyber Attack and attack on TBC Bank. According to Giorgi Mshvenieradze, the fact that the perpetrators have not been prosecuted so far aggravates the event. He also reminds recent developments around TV Pirveli and says that there has been a reasonable assumption in the public that the government wants to control the media.