DATE:
2008-07
AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Burma, India
AFFECTED SITES:
mizzima.com
EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Inaccessible for days
SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a
ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Burmese government
TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS, hack attempts
ATTACK SPECIFICS:
Site received more than 5GB of data in less than 15 minutes
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Independent Burmese media site. "SEAPA partner Mizzima News, a Burmese independent news agency based in New Delhi, India, reported that its website has been inaccessible since 27 July due to persistent and severe" DDoS. (1) Report "a lot of intrusion attempts from servers in China, Russia and Hungary." (1)
URLS:
1. http://citizenlab.org/2008/07/information-warfare-monitor-burmese-news-agencies-under-dos-attack/
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