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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Joe Wilson for Congress DDoSed - September 2009

DATE:
2009-09

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
USA

AFFECTED SITES:
joewilsonforcongress.com

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Periodic unreachability.

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Obama/Democratic supporters

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Attacks came after Representative Wilson attacked President Obama during a joint session of Congress on the subject of health care reform.

URLS:
1. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/13/hackers-imperil-wilson-campaign-web-site/

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