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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Revolutionislam.com (USA) defaced - April 2010

DATE:
2010-04

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
USA

AFFECTED SITES:
revolutionislam.com

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Defaced, then taken down

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Defacement

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Website of the group that made threatening statements toward Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of South Park, for the cartoon's portrayal of Islam.

URLS:
1. http://con.ca/news/3540
2. http://blackhole.xerces.com/showthread.php?p=147848
3. http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/19/security-brief-radical-islamic-web-site-takes-on-south-park/
4. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/23/revolution-islam-website_n_549361.html

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