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Saturday, June 12, 2010

Vietnamese political site DDoSed - May 2010

DATE:
2010-05

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Vietnam

AFFECTED SITES:
thongluan.org

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
n/a

SOURCE COUNTRY:
Vietnam

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Vietnamese government

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Political commentary website is one that Human Rights Watch cites as one attacked many times. Attackers traced back to Viettel, a state-owned telecommunication company operated by the Vietnam Defense Ministry. Exact dates of attacks not given; 2010-05 is when the report was released.

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

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