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Thursday, May 13, 2010

India's Oil and Natural Gas corporation defaced - November 2008

DATE:
2008-11

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
India

AFFECTED SITES:
ongcindia.com

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Defacement

SOURCE COUNTRY:
Pakistan

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Pakistan Cyber Army (PCA), self proclaimed whitehats whose group was named moments before the attack

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Defacement

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Defacement of India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. Is a direct retaliation to the Hindu Militant Group's defacement of Pakistan's Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority days earlier. Following this event, a "defacement war" erupted between groups in the two countries, affecting many more sites.

URLS:
1. http://www.nartv.org/2008/12/01/defacement-flare-up-truce/

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