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Friday, June 18, 2010

Chinese human rights sites DDoSed - June 2010

DATE:
2010-06

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
China

AFFECTED SITES:
msguancha.com, Rights Network of China, Democracy China, and maybe others

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Freezing and crashing over multiple days

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Chinese government

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
Attack lasted "for three or four days"

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Several Chinese human rights sites attacked again. One activist "speculated that the authorities might be reacting to material relating to the 21st anniversary of the June 4 military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstration, or anticipating the second anniversary of ethnic violence in Urumqi on July 5." (1)

URLS:
1. http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/sites-06152010102452.html

Posted by  DoSWatch at 12:40 PM
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