Boxun (Chinese citizen media site) DDoSed - December 2007

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DATE:
2007-12

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
USA, China

AFFECTED SITES:
boxun.com

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
~2000 blogs down (as part of Boxun's blog platform)

SOURCE COUNTRY:
China

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
US-based Chinese citizen media/community/news website, dealing with politics and human rights in China, subjected to a large DDoS attack. It hosts a number of blogs

URLS:
1. http://www.ifex.org/united_states/2007/12/27/hacker_attack_on_boxun_website/

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