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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Swedish Intelligence Agency DDoSed - November 2009


DATE:
2009-11

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Sweden

AFFECTED SITES:
fra.se

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Unavailable

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Swedish Signals Intelligence Agency attacked shortly after the country passed a law giving them permission to tap Internet traffic passing through national borders (which includes the majority of Russian international traffic).

URLS:
1. http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001808.html


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