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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Hundreds of Lithuanian sites defaced - June 2008

DATE:
2008-06

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Lithuania

AFFECTED SITES:
Several hundred Lithuanian websites

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Defaced, most restored within 2 days

SOURCE COUNTRY:
Russia and others

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Organized at hack-war.ru

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Defacement

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Hundreds of sites were defaced with Soviet symbols and anti-Lithuanian slogans probably in reaction to a law outlawing the display of Soviet symbols in Lithuania. Similar in that regard to the Estonian DDoS attacks. Some governmental sites received intelligence reports of an impending attack and were able to defend, but such was not the case for most of the commercial sites affected.

URLS:
1. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9983940-57.html
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/world/europe/01baltic.html?_r=2&scp=3&sq=lithuania&st=nyt&oref=slogin
3. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/300-lithuanian-sites-hacked-by-russian-hackers/1408

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