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Thursday, May 13, 2010

North Korea official government site DDoSed - May 2009

DATE:
2009-05

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
North Korea

AFFECTED SITES:
korea-dpr.com

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Site down during attack, back up immediately afterward.

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Anonymous (group of _chan (many), Ebaumsworld, Something Awful, Encyclopedia Dramatica, Partyvan, etc. users)

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Anonymous decided to attack North Korea partially arbitrarily and partially due to political ideology.

URLS:
1. http://partyvan.info/wiki/PROJECT_CUMMUNIST (NSFW)

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