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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Atheist convention site DDoSed - October 2009

DATE:
2009-10

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Australia

AFFECTED SITES:
atheistconvention.org.au, atheistfoundation.org.au

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Sites taken offline by their hosting company after thet attack knocked out these and other sites hosted by the provider. AFA was forced to seek a new host. Down for at least a day.

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Attacks came after it was released that the convention had already sold 1000 tickets and will be the largest gathering of atheists/freethinkers in Australian history.

URLS:
1. http://www.atheistconvention.org.au/2009/10/21/atheist-foundation-of-australia-and-global-atheist-convention-websites-attacked/
2. http://www.theage.com.au/technology/security/cyber-attacks-smite-atheist-websites-20091021-h7ul.html

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