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Monday, May 24, 2010

Moskovsky Komsomolets hacked - April 2009

DATE:
2009-04

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Russia

AFFECTED SITES:
mk.ru

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
All content deleted, all but photos and videos recovered

SOURCE COUNTRY:
South Korea

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Hack

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets hacked just before the start of a new version of its portal.

URLS:
1. http://lenta.ru/articles/2009/12/04/mk
2. http://lenta.ru/news/2009/12/04/erase

Posted by  DoSWatch at 9:47 PM
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