More than 1800 Danish sites - February 2006

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DATE:
2006-02

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Denmark

AFFECTED SITES:
More than 1800 Danish websites

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Defacement.

SOURCE COUNTRY:
Iran, Turkey, Morocco, and more

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Muslim extremists. Some of the names taking credit for various defacements: the Ashiyane Defacers Digital Security Team; Moroccan hackers Hacker1, Team-Evil, Ghost, Yanis, WizardZ, and DarkbiteX; Sys7ech; marcosadp; Patriotic Hackers; arian hacker; Mr. Dark Shark!!; the al-Ghorabaa site, which bragged about its coordinated 24-hour attack

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Defacement

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Muslim extremists, angry over the publication of cartoons depicting caricatures of Muhammad spread anti-Danish sentiment via defacements as part of a multi-fronted backlast. The Ashiyane Defacers Digital Security Team, responsible for at least a couple of the hacks, sent a message to Zone-H to make sure they got credit for their actions.

URLS:
1. http://www.scmagazineus.com/danish-sites-hacked-over-controversial-cartoon/article/32939/
2. http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securitynews/spn-45-20060214NewDanishWebsiteHacked.html
3. http://michellemalkin.com/2006/02/15/the-islamists-war-on-the-internet/

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