Dissenting Tunisian blog Nawaat hacked - October 2009

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DATE:
2009-10

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Tunisia

AFFECTED SITES:
nawaat.org

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Unreachable, database and blog erased

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Tunisian government

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Hack

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Group blog that deals with censorship and other politically contentious issues in Tunisia. "[T]he e-Tunisian police is in full crusade against all dissenting voices to speak the official propaganda on the Internet in Tunisia." (1, translated)

URLS:
1. http://nawaat.org/portail/2009/10/21/cyber-repression-en-tunisie-le-blog-collectif-nawaatorg-de-nouveau-la-cible-des-pirates/

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