Today we want to dedicate a post to the eQualitie team, that has been protecting Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa since 2013, when our website was subjected to repeated ddos attacks and hackers asked for the removal of "inconvenient" articles, threatening to completely obscure our service to the readers
Back then, the eQualitie team promptly reacted to the threat offering us their support, and ever since it has protected our websites completely free of charge, with the infrastructure Deflect in what we believe is an exemplary case of what “Corporate social responsibility” can be.
Thanks to their protection, during these last years we have been able to keep working without suffering new attacks or blackmail.
Deflect's contribution to OBCT's work may be invisible to our public, but is nonetheless fundamental: that's why we want to publicly say thanks to the eQualitie team for its daily commitment to defending the right of free expression online.
Since 2012 we're protecting @BalkansCaucasus, think tank focused on 20 countries in South-East Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus. Over 50 journalists improving dialog among civil society, filling a gap in information. In 2020 @BalcaniCaucaso turns 20 years! https://t.co/pgYnutbCt7 pic.twitter.com/gWDimEFdWj
— Deflect (@deflectca) December 24, 2019