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Friday, June 11, 2010

Russian journalist's LJ and FB accounts hacked - May 2010

DATE:
2010-05

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
USA, Russia

AFFECTED SITES:
livejournal.com, facebook.com

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Accounts hacked

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
"Brigade of Hell"

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Hack

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
LiveJournal and FaceBook accounts of Russian journalist Andrei (Igor?) Maltsev were hacked.

URLS:
1. http://globalvoicesonline.org/2010/05/31/russia-journalists-blog-hacked/
2. http://lj.rossia.org/users/anticompromat/847714.html

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