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Monday, May 10, 2010

Michelle Malkin - February 2006

DATE:
2006-02

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
USA

AFFECTED SITES:
michellemalkin.com

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
n/a

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Muslim extremists

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Blog was hit during or after Malkin's appearance on Fox News to discuss the Danish Mohammed cartoons. The political blogger also received (and published) death threats via email. Attack continued for more than a week, eventually forced to start blogging elsewhere (Pajamas Media blog) until her own site was available again.

URLS:
1. http://michellemalkin.com/2006/02/15/the-islamists-war-on-the-internet/
2. http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/02/28/ddos_attacks_target_prominent_blogs.html

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