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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Zenon (Russian ISP) DDoSed - October 2003

DATE:
2003-10

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Russia

AFFECTED SITES:
newsru.com, gazety.ru, and other sites hosted by Zenon.net

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Unreachable

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Unclear if this is a censorship case. ISP attacked that happened to host two major Russian media sites. The first attack was resolved in a couple hours, the second was more severe.

URLS:
1. http://lenta.ru/internet/2003/10/14/zenon/lenta

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