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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Tunisian journalist hacked - July 2007

DATE:
2007-07

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Tunisia

AFFECTED SITES:
alkalamhor.maktoobblog.com

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Blog content deleted

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Tunisian government

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Hack

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Blog of Tunisian journalist Slim Boukhdhir. One of many attacks on the Tunisian opposition's Internet presence.

URLS:
1. http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/14/blog-of-tunisian-journalist-and-blogger-hacked/
2. http://censorship.cybversion.org/2009/01/30/north-africa-are-political-websites-more-likely-to-get-hacked/

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