Many Shiite sites defaced - March 2007-December 2009

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DATE:
March 2007-December 2009

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Bahrain, Lebanon, Yemen, Kuwait, Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia

AFFECTED SITES:
Dozens or hundreds of Shiite sites (as well as collateral damage)

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Defaced

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
Sunni hackers Group-XP / Kabab XP

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Defacement

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Many Shiite sites have been hacked and defaced by a group of Sunni hackers. Zone-H has a list. Most of them display scrolling text announcing their cyberwar against Shiite sites and sometimes a little bit of information specific to a particular site. Also various religious YouTube videos are embedded. ***ATTACKS STARTED IN MARCH 2007, 2009-12 IS JUST THE MOST RECENT

URLS:
1. http://www.zone-h.org/archive/notifier=XP

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