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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

CNN DDoSed - April 2008

DATE:
2008-04

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
USA

AFFECTED SITES:
cnn.com

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Slowing and unreachability.

SOURCE COUNTRY:
China

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Chinese nationalists or Chinese government

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Multiple attacks over several days.

URLS:
1. http://ddanchev.blogspot.com/2008/04/ddos-attack-against-cnncom.html
2. http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1054

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