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Friday, July 9, 2010

Mokhtar Yahyaoui's blog hacked (Tunisia) - April 2009

DATE:
2009-04

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Tunisia

AFFECTED SITES:
yahyaoui.rsfblog.org

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Hacked. Permanently defaced.

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
"Dimetri" (or Tunisian government)

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Hack

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Former Tunisian judge's (Mokhtar Yahyaoui) blog hacked. He was dismissed after publishing a critical open letter to President Ben Ali. His FaceBook site and email were also hacked.

URLS:
1. http://yahyaoui.rsfblog.org/
2. http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/20/silencing-online-speech-in-tunisia/
3. http://www.kalima-tunisie.info/kr/News-file-article-sid-417.html

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