Website of Moscow court hacked over Pussy Riot conviction

Moscow:  Russian hackers have attacked the website of a Moscow court where three members of the Pussy Riot punk band were tried and sentenced to two years in jail. The Russian offshoot of the loose-knit movement known as Anonymous tweeted that the website of the Khamovniki district court was down on Tuesday  morning. According to search engines’ cached pages, the hackers posted Pussy Riot’s latest song ridiculing President Vladimir Putin on the website, along with calls to release the band members. [caption id=“attachment_425715” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Protests over the Pussy Riot convictions.[/caption] The website was not available later on Tuesday. The three women were punished for an irreverent stunt in February at Moscow’s main cathedral in which they asked the Virgin Mary to deliver Russia from Putin, who was elected to a third term two weeks later. The trial caused an international furor. AP