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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Name of Russia DDoSed - July 2008

DATE:
2008-07

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Russia

AFFECTED SITES:
nameofrussia.ru

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Intermittent connection problems

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
Attack lasted for three days (sporatic downtime)

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Transmedia project to elect the most notable Russian figure(s). At the same time as the attack came a "mass vote for Joseph Stalin." (1)

URLS:
1. http://lenta.ru/news/2008/07/10/rusname/

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