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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Ahmadinejad.ir DDoSed - January 2010


DATE:
2010-01

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Iran

AFFECTED SITES:
ahmadinejad.ir

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Slowing, defacement, and unreachability (maximum number exceeded error).

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Defacement, other

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
At one point the following text could be found on the site: "Dear God, In 2009 you took my favorite singer – Michael Jackson, my favorite actress – Farrah Fawcett, my favorite actor – Patrick Swayze, my favorite voice – Neda. Please, please, don’t forget my favorite politician – Ahmadinejad and my favorite dictator – Khamenei in the year 2010. Thank you." (1)

URLS:
1. http://blog.austinheap.com/ahmadinejads-site-gets-hacked/


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