Swedish Police DDoSed - November 2009

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DATE:
2009-11

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Sweden

AFFECTED SITES:
polisen.se

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Offline for a short period

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Swedish Police site attacked. Unknown motives/attackers. Not clear if this is a censorship case. Other Swedish sites were also affected.

URLS:
1. http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2009/11/swedish-police-experience-ddos-attacks/

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