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Friday, June 25, 2010

Tibetan dissident's blog hacked - June 2009?

DATE:
2009-06

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
China

AFFECTED SITES:
woeser.middle-way.net (and previous versions)

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Hacked

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Hack

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Tibetan dissident, writer and poet reports her blog has been hacked and shut down. Woeser.middle-way.net is her FIFTH blog. Unclear if the previous 4 were all hacked. Don't know when the hacking actually happened. 2009-06 was the date of publication.

URLS:
1. http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/chinas-new-rebels/

Posted by  DoSWatch at 5:47 PM
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