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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Russian opposition sites DDoSed - December 2008

DATE:
2008-12

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Russia

AFFECTED SITES:
grani.ru, kasparov.ru, natsbol.ru

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Site displayed only the letter X for 17 hours.

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Several Russian opposition sites attacked.

URLS:
1. http://lenta.ru/news/2008/12/24/grani/

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