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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Russian language human rights site DDoSed - October 2007

DATE:
2007-10

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Russia

AFFECTED SITES:
hro.org

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Site offline

SOURCE COUNTRY:
Russia

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Largest Russian language information site on human rights targeted by largescale DDoS for an extended period of time.

URLS:
1. http://eng.maidanua.org/node/784
2. http://facthai.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/russian-human-rights-website-faces-ddos-attack-hroorg/

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