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Saturday, June 12, 2010

Several Vietnamese sites DDoSed - May 2010

DATE:
2010-05

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Vietnam

AFFECTED SITES:
danchimviet.com, dangvidan.org, dcctvn.net, hasiphu.com, minbien.org, ykien.net, vietbaosaigon.com

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
n/a

SOURCE COUNTRY:
Vietnam

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Vietnamese government

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Sites listed by Human Rights Watch as those subjected to ongoing cyber attacks in Vietnam. Exact dates of attacks not given; 2010-05 is when the report was released. Others listed were elsewhere reported to have been attacked in 2009-12 and 2010-01.

URLS:
1. http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/05/26/vietnam-stop-cyber-attacks-against-online-critics

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