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Saturday, June 19, 2010

Mizzima (Burma) hacked - October 2008

DATE:
2008-10

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Burma

AFFECTED SITES:
mizzima.com

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Inaccessible

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Pro-regime hackers

TYPE OF ATTACK:
hack

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
"The website of exiled Burmese news agency Mizzima came under attack by pro-regime hackers … [8 days later], the Mizzima website was again made inaccessible due to several hacking attempts." (1)

URLS:
1. http://www.altsean.org/Docs/PDF%20Format/Burma%20Bulletin/October%202008%20Burma%20Bulletin.pdf

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