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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Australian prime minister's site DDoSed - September 2009

DATE:
2009-09

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Australia

AFFECTED SITES:
pm.gov.au

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Site offline for some hours.

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Anonymous (group of _chan (many), Ebaumsworld, Something Awful, Encyclopedia Dramatica, Partyvan, etc. users)

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
When the Australian government announced that it was considering Internet filtering of offensive material, this attack was launched on the Prime Minister's website.

URLS:
1. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/10/2681642.htm

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