The original USOM announcement has been taken down and is only accessible via the Wayback Machine.
Since 2001, Distrowatch has helped Linux users make informed decisions by posting news and reviews of various versions of the OS. In late March, the National Cyber Incident Response Center (USOM) in Turkey decided to block access to the site for local users, though it’s not entirely clear why.
USOM claimed that Distrowatch’s IP hosts “harmful software” and it’s a source of malware.