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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Tunisia Watch hacked - September 2009

DATE:
2009-09

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Tunisia

AFFECTED SITES:
tunisiawatch.rsfblog.org

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Content removed, site forced to relocate

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Tunisian government

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Hack

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Critical Tunisian political/human rights website hacked. All content deleted. Relocated to tunisiawatch.com.

URLS:
1. http://tunisiawatch.rsfblog.org
2. http://nawaat.org/portail/2009/10/21/cyber-repression-en-tunisie-le-blog-collectif-nawaatorg-de-nouveau-la-cible-des-pirates/ (comments)

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