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Friday, May 14, 2010

Nyasa Times (Malawi) hacked - May 2010

DATE:
2010-05

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Malawi

AFFECTED SITES:
nyasatimes.com

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Unavailable (an "unavailable" message only) for several hours

SOURCE COUNTRY:
China

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Hack

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
On World Press Freedom Day, a major Malawi online news site was hacked. Not many details known.

URLS:
1. http://www.nyasatimes.com/national/nyasa-times-hacked-on-press-freedom-day.html

Posted by  DoSWatch at 12:04 AM
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