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Friday, May 14, 2010

Voice of America LiveJournal community defaced - May 2010


DATE:
2010-05

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
USA, Russia

AFFECTED SITES:
community.livejournal.com/golos_ameriki

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Defacement, several hours

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Defacement

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Live Journal community for Voice of America, a Russian-language service about America and current events, was defaced with a pornographic image. Not the first time the site had been attacked (see 2009-07).

URLS:
1. http://freemediaonline.org/freemediaonlineblog/2010/05/02/voice-of-america-russian-service-livejournal-website-under-porn-attack/


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