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Monday, May 24, 2010

Kommersant (Russia) DDoSed - March 2008

DATE:
2008-03

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Russia

AFFECTED SITES:
kommersant.ru

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
n/a

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Rolls of toilet paper with the logo of newspaper Kommersant circulated Moscow around the time the site was DDoSed several times. This after it published some controversial statements about the Presidential administration.

URLS:
1. http://lenta.ru/articles/2009/01/04/finalmedia/
2. http://lenta.ru/articles/2008/03/06/toilet/

Posted by  DoSWatch at 11:56 PM
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