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Monday, May 24, 2010

Vedomosti.ru DDoSed - December 2009

DATE:
2009-12

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Russia

AFFECTED SITES:
vedomosti.ru

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Downtime

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Attack was accompanied by anonymous calls to the news site's editorial staff.

URLS:
1. http://lenta.ru/news/2010/02/11/ddos/
2. http://lenta.ru/news/2009/12/16/vdmst/

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