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Friday, July 16, 2010

Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression hacked - February 2007

DATE:
2007-02

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Syria

AFFECTED SITES:
scm-sy.org

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Down, a lot of content deleted (whole archive)

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Hack

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression has been harassed both online and in real-life, with legal problems for its founder(s). In this instance the site was attacked, losing its entire archive (a few months later a fire would destroy its archives in its office).

URLS:
1. http://www.anhri.net/syria/scm/2008/pr0814.shtml

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